Dialog

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]