Lesson 2
Phaàn B - Part B
Chuù thích - Notes on Patterns and Grammar

B 1- maáy and roài
Notice that here again the question word comes in the same place as the answer, in this case the number of hour.  The word meaning 'already' is used frequently in Vietnamese.  It has a sense of something happening already, or having happened already, or a state having been reached already.
Example:
Question: Maáy giôØ roài? or Baây giôØ (laø) maáy giôØ (roài).
Answer: Moät giôØ roài. or Baây giôØ (laø) moät giôØ (roài).
B 2
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Time question plus motion (ñi, ñeán, veà).
Question: Maáy giôØ chò ñi Saøigoøn?
Maáy giôø chò veà Saøigoøn?
Maáy giôØ chò ñeán Saøigoøn?
Answer: Boán giôØ toâi ñeán Saøigoøn.
veà= to return (to), return home Hai giôø toâi veà Saøigoøn.
ñeán= to come to, arrive at Ba giôø toâi ñeán Saøigoøn.
B 3
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Example:
Question:
Anh ôÛ ñaâu?
Chò aáy ôÛ ñaâu?
Coâ Sarah ôÛ ñaâu?
ThaàyLinh ôÛ ñaâu?
Answer:
Toâi ôÛ Paris.
Chò aáy ôÛ Indonesia.
Coâ aáy ôÛ Chicago.
Thaày aáy ôÛ Caàn Thô.
B 4
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Questions:
Person To be at Place Which / name
Chò ôû phoá naøo?
Anh ôû vuøng naøo?
Coâ ôû ñòa chæ naøo?
Baø Cuùc ôû thaønh phoá naøo?
OÂng Ba ôû tieåu bang naøo?
Coâ Hieàn ôû tænh naøo?
Answers:
Toâi ôÛ phoá High.
Toâi ôÛ vuøng Westminster
Toâi ôÛ soá möôØi chín phoá Manchester.
Baø aáy ôÛ (thaønh phoá ) Honolulu.
OÂng aáy ôÛ (tieåu bang) Victoria.
Coâ aáy

 

 ôÛ

 

 (tænh)

 

 Thanh Hoùa.

 
TöØ vöïng Vocabulary
thaønh phoá  city, town
tieåu bang state (of a federation)
tænh province
B 5
The word ôû may be a verb or a preposition.  It is a location word: As a verb it means 'stay at, be at/in/on' ;as a preposition it means 'at, in, on'.  It is not generally used with the motion verb ñi, ñeán, or veà.
Hear the WholeDrill
Questions:
Person Stay Place Which / name at Larger place
1 - Chò ôÛ phoá naøo ôÛ Baêng Coác?
2 - Anh aáy ôÛ vuøng naøo ôÛ Sydney?
3 - Thaày ôÛ tieåu bang naøo ôÛ Myõ?
4 - Baø ôÛ tænh naøo ôÛ Vieät Nam?
Answers:
1 - Toâi ôÛ phoá  Sathorn ôÛ Baêng Coác.
2 - Anh aáy ôÛ vuøng Newton ôÛ Sydney.
3 - Toâi ôÛ (tieåu bang) Ca-li ôÛ Myõ.
4 - Toâi ôÛ (tænh) Hoøa Bình ôÛ Vieät Nam.
B. 6.1
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The preposition ôÛ is used after other verbs.  Asking where.
Questions:
Person Action at Where / place
OÂng soáng ôÛ ñaâu?
Em sinh ôÛ ñaâu?
Coâ Thuaän daïy ôÛ ñaâu?
Anh Brian laøm ôÛ ñaâu?
Answers:
Toâi soáng ôÛ tieåu bang Texas.
Toâi sinh ôÛ Vieät Nam.
Coâ aáy daïy ôÛ Tröôøng Yale.
Anh aáy laøm ôÛ Boä Xaõ hoäi.
Anh aáy laøm ôÛ Boä Taøi chính
Anh aáy laøm ôÛ Boä Giaùo duïc
Anh aáy laøm ôÛ Boä di truù
Anh aáy laøm ôÛ Boä Noäi vuï
Anh aáy

 

 laøm

 

 ôÛ

 

 Boä Y teá

 
TöØ vöïng Vocabulary
Baêng Coác Bangkok
Ca-li California
soáng to live
sinh/sanh to be born
daïy to teach
Boä Xaõ hoäi  Ministry of Social Welfare
Boä Taøi chính Ministry of Finance
Boä Giaùo duïc  Ministry of Education
Boä Di truù Ministry of Immigration
Boä Noâi vuï Ministry of Interior
Boä Y teá Ministry of Health
B 6.2
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Preposition ôÛ after other verbs.  Asking about which place.
Use (ôÛ) in a question:
Person Action at Place Which / place
OÂng soáng ôÛ tieåu bang naøo?
Baø Chi sinh   ôÛ mieàn naøo?
Thaày Phuù daïy ôÛ tröôøng naøo?
Anh Minh laøm ôÛ thaønh phoá   naøo?
Anh hoïc ôÛ tieåu bang   naøo?
Coâ Kim hoïc ôÛ nöôùc naøo?
Use (ôÛ) in an answer:
Toâi soáng ôÛ   tieåu bang Texas.
Baø aáy sinh ôÛ   mieàn   Trung.
Thaày aáy daïy ôÛ   tröôøng Phan Chu Trinh.

 

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