Baøi Boán - Ñoái thoaïi
Lesson 4 - Dialog

Introduction:

  • Duration phrases with "from ..to", and "how long"
  • Idiomatic usage of adjectives.
  • The use of "we" in Vietnamese:
    "Chuùng toâi" # "Chuùng ta"
  • Days of the week  |  Date of the month
  • Names of the months
  • Different names for portion of the day
  • Ordinal numbers
  • The use of "when" according to the past, present or future, and as a question word.

Phaàn A: Caâu maâÕu - Patterns
Ñoái thoaïi A1 - Dialog A1
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Nam:
Paula:
Nam:
Paula:

Hoâm nay laø thöÙ maáy?
Hoâm qua laø thöÙ tö, vaäy hoâm nay laø thöÙ naêm.
Hoâm qua laø ngaøy maáy?
Hoâm qua laø (ngaøy) moàng möôØi, vaäy hoâm nay laø
(ngaøy) möôØi moät.

Töø vöïng (Vocabulary)

hoâm day
nay this
hoâm nay today
thöÙ maáy which day (of the week)
hoâm qua yesterday (day past)
thöÙ hai the second, Monday
thöÙ ba the third, Tuesday
thöÙ tö the fourth,Wednesday
thöÙ naêm the fifth, Thursday
thöÙ saùu the sixth, Friday
thöÙ baûy the seventh, Saturday
chuû  nhaät Sunday
vaäy/theá... therefore...
ngaøy day
ngaøy maáy which day of the month (date)
moàng Precedes numbers 1-10 for days of the  month.
Hoâm nay laø thöÙ maáy? Which day of the week is it?

Ñoái thoaïi A2 - Dialog A2
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Bob is a Canadian student in Vietnam; his friend Rosa comes to visit. They meet Hanh at a Vietnamese friend's house.

Haïnh:
Bob:

Haïnh:
Bob:
Haïnh:
Rosa:
Anh ôÛ Canada ñeán Vieät Nam (töØ) bao giôØ?
Toâi ñeán hoâm hai möôi moát thaùng möôØi moät naêm moät nghìn chín traêm chín möôi moát.
Bao giôØ anh töØ Vieät Nam veà Canada?
Khoaûng thaùng tö naêm hai nghìn linh hai toâi seõ veà.
Coøn chò Rosa ñeán Vieät Nam hoài naøo?
Toâi ñeán thaùng tröôÙc vaø tuaàn naøy seõ veà Canada.

Töø vöïng (Vocabulary)

Töø from, since
bao giôø when
möôi Increments of 10 after numbers :20,30...
hai möôi twenty
moát (after möôi) one
hai möôi moát twenty one
thaùng month
nghìn (No.), ngaøn(so.) (one) thousand
traêm (one) hundred
khoaûng approximately
thaùng tö the fourth month, April
linh(no.), leû (so.) zero between numbers in whole numbers
seõ will, shall
hoài period, time (Past)
hoài naøo when (in the past)
tröôÙc before, the...before
thaùng tröôÙc last month
tuaàn week
naøy   this
Bao giôØ anh ñeán? When will you come?
Anh ñeán (töØ) bao giôØ? (Since) when did you come?(No.)
Anh ñeán (töØ) hoài naøo? (Since) when did you come?(So.)
ôÛ/töØ Place1 ñeán Place2 from place1 to place2
hoâm hai möôi moát thaùng möôØi moät on the 21st of November
naêm hai nghìn linh hai the year 2002

Ñoái thoïai A3 - Dialog A3
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Bob meets Hai from Bac Ninh who has just arrived in town.

Bob:
Haûi:
Bob:
Haûi:
Hoâm qua chò ñeán luùc maáy giôØ?
Toâi ñeán luùc taùm (giôØ) röôÕi toái.
Bao giôØ chò veà?
Chín giôØ keùm möôØi laêm saùng mai toâi (seõ) veà.

Töø vöïng (Vocabulary)

luùc moment, at the moment of
röôÕi half past, and a half ( For numbers under 100)
toái be dark, evening, after dark
keùm (No.) minus, be less than, inferior to
thieáu (So.) minus, be insufficient
laêm equal naêm after möôøi or möôi (ex. möôØi laêm as fifteen or hai möôi laêm as twenty five).
saùng morning
(ngaøy)  mai tomorrow
veà...luùc maáygiôØ What time did you return?
bao giôØ / maáygiôØ...veà? When/What time will you return?  

[Dialog Translation]

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