# Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners - Lesson 7
# by Nguyen Long, Marybeth Clark, Nguyen Bich Thuan
# ISBN 1-877979-45-7
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
trường đại học : tertiary school, university
giỏi : to do well, well done
nói ... giỏi : to speak ... well
... vậy? : So ...?
... thế? : So ...?
đang : be in the process of
hơi ADJ : a little, slighly ADJ
cũng hơi ADJ : somewhat ADJ (noncommital)
cũng hơi khó : a little difficult, not very difficult
Chị học ở đâu vậy? : So where did you study?
sớm : to be early
thường : usual, usually, often
rất ADJ : very ADJ
muộn : be late (for something) [No]
trễ : be late (for something) [So]
đến khuya : until late at night
đến có sớm không : Did he come early?
mới : just (then)
vừa mới : just, recently
(vừa) mới VERB TIME : just VERB at that time (past)
TIME ... mới VERB : at that time only then VERB, not VERB until that time
Chị ấy mới về tuần trước : She didn’t return until last week
Tuần sau chị ấy mới về : She won’t return until next week
thi : to take an exam
khá : be fair, somewhat good
ngon : be tasty; to sleep soundly
dậy : to rise, get up
hát : to sing
hay : be interesting, good
đợi : to wait (for)
lâu : be a long time
ngủ : to sleep
núi : mountain(s)
phố : downtown, city center
mua : to buy
đồ : thing(s)
đi mua đồ : to go shopping
rẻ : be inexpensive
đi ăn hiệu : to go eat at a restaurant
đắt : be expensive [No]
mắc : be expensive [So]
chả giò : Vietnamese spring rolls
bài (hát) : song, music piece
ghi : to record, note
ghi tên (học) : to enroll, register
phát âm : pronunciation
Núi Tuyết : The Snowy Mountains (in SE Australia)
chợ : market
hồi sáng : this morning (past)
hồi chiều : this afternoon (past)
ngân hàng : bank
cửa : door
mở : to open
đóng : to close
À này : Oh say!, Oh (see) here!
sứ quán : embassy
... ấy mà : that one!, don’t you know?
tùy viên : attaché
văn hóa : culture
của : belonging to
thân (với) : close(ly acquainted) (with)
hỏi : to ask
có lẽ : perhaps
ngoại ngữ : foreign language
quân đội : the army
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