Complete Vietnamese Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course

Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

Dana Healy

• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781444101874
• eBook ISBN: 9781444130010
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This product is most effective when used in conjunction with the corresponding audio support.
- You can purchase the book and double CD as a pack (ISBN: 9781444101881)
- The double CD is also sold separately (ISBN: 9781444101898)
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One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTS
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.GRAMMAR TIPS
Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding.USEFUL VOCABULARY
Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.DIALOGUES
Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast.PRONUNCIATION
Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go.TEST YOURSELF
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Extra online articles at: www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Vietnam.TRY THIS
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

1

Rất hân hạnh được gặp cô
I am very pleased to meet you

In this unit you will learn

• How to greet someone

• How to introduce yourself and say where you are from

• How to form simple sentences and ask simple questions

Hội thoại h àng ngày Everyday conversation

David is a journalist. He arrived in Vietnam two months ago. He is learning Vietnamese and hopes to write a travel book about Vietnam. He has already made a few friends in Vietnam. He has just bumped into Nam in the street.

TR 2

QUICK VOCAB

chào hello, to greet

anh older brother (here: you)

lâu (bao lâu?) long (how long?)

rồi already

không no, not

gặp to meet

dạo này these days

khỏe healthy, strong (here: well, all right)

Dạo này anh có khỏe không? How are things these days?

cảm ơn thank you

tôi I

Còn anh? And what about you?

bình thường normal, usual

xin lỗi excuse me

giới thiệu to introduce

với with

đây here, this

là to be

cô Miss

bạn (bạn tôi) friend (my friend)

tên (tên tôi) name (my name)

rất very

hân hạnh pleased

Rất hân hạnh được gặp cô. I am very pleased to meet you (Miss).

người Mỹ American

Anh là người Mỹ, phải không? You are American, aren’t you?

không phải no

người Anh English

khát to be thirsty

quá very

uống to drink

đi to go

cà phê coffee

Chúng ta đi uống cà phê đi! Let’s go and have some coffee! (Let’s go and drink some coffee)

Activities

1 True or false?

a Liên và Nam gặp David.

b Cô Liên là người Việt Nam.

c David là người Mỹ.

d Dạo này David khỏe.

e Nam giới thiệu Liên.

f Nam khát quá.

2 Supply the missing sentences in the following conversation:

a Chào anh!

Chào cô!

________

Cảm ơn. Tôi khỏe. ________

Cảm ơn. Tôi bình thường.

b Chào bà!

Chào ông!

Xin giới thiệu với bà, đấy là ông Green.

________

3 Translate into Vietnamese:

a Hello Mark! How are you?

I am all right, thank you. What about you?

I am well, thank you.

b Allow me to introduce you to Mr Hai.

I am very pleased to meet you, Mr Hai. My name is David. David McDonald.

c Excuse me, are you American?

No, I am English.

Terms of personal address

Vietnamese use terms denoting family relationships (kinship terms) when addressing each other (even when talking to a person to whom they are not related). In effect, they replace personal pronouns. The system is rather complicated and the choice of the correct expression depends on many things such as sex, age, social status, the family relationship, the relationship between the speaker and the person he or she is addressing or the overall degree of intimacy between them.

It is very difficult for ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Meet the author
• Only got a minute?
• Only got five minutes?
• Only got ten minutes?
• Introduction
• Guide to pronunciation
• Vietnamese alphabet
• 1 Rất hân hạnh được gặp cô I am very pleased to meet you
• 2 Chị là thư ký, phải không? You are a secretary, aren’t you?
• 3 Tiếng Việt có khó không? Is Vietnamese difficult?
• 4 Chị có muốn xem bức ảnh gia đình tôi không? Do you want to see a photograph of my family?
• 5 Ngày mai là thứ mấy? What day is it tomorrow?
• 6 Xin lỗi, bây giờ là mấy giờ? Excuse me, what’s the time?
• 7 Anh có mua gì nữa không? Do you want to buy anything else?
• 8 Chị còn làm việc ở khách sạn không? Do you still work in the hotel?
• 9 Chị có chắc là đường này đi đến viện bảo tàng lịch sử không? Are you sure this is the way to the history museum?
• 10 Tôi có thể xem ngôi nhà ấy được không? Can I see the house?
• 11 Anh có bị sốt không? Do you have a temperature?
• 12 Anh có biết hiệu ăn nào ngon không? Do you know a good restaurant?
• 13 Chị đã xem dự báo thời tiết chưa? Have you seen the weather forecast yet?
• 14 Anh có nhắn gì không? Do you want to leave a message?
• 15 Thư đi Anh mất bao lâu? How long does it take for a letter to get to England?
• 16 Tôi ghét nhạc cổ điển I hate classical music
• 17 Tôi có thể bay đến Việt Nam qua đường Hồng Kông không? Can I fly to Vietnam via Hong Kong?
• 18 Anh có biết núi nào cao nhất ở Việt Nam không? Do you know the highest mountain in Vietnam?
• Revision unit
• Translations of dialogues
• Translations of selected texts
• Taking it further
• Key to the exercises
• Vietnamese–English vocabulary
• English–Vietnamese vocabulary
• Copyright