Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 1

Vocabulary

Thế

Thế — World, era, or generation; common in compound words

giới

giới — World, realm, or boundary; used in compounds

đã

đã — Past tense marker indicating completed action

đạt

đạt — To achieve, attain, or reach a goal

được

được — To be able to; indicates successful completion of action

những

những — Plural marker for nouns; indicates multiple items

bước

bước — Step, stride; a unit of progress or movement

tiến

tiến — To advance, progress forward

vượt

vượt — To surpass, overcome, or leap beyond a limit

bậc

bậc — Level, rank, or degree; step on a scale

như

như — Like, as, such as; used for comparison

sao

sao — Star; also used in questions meaning 'why' or 'how'

chổi

chổi — Broom; in 'sao chổi' means comet

Gần

Gần — Near, close in distance or time

đây

đây — Here, this place; used as a demonstrative

trong

trong — In, inside, within; common preposition

khoa

khoa — Department, faculty, branch of study or science

học

học — To study, learn; also means knowledge or science

chúng

chúng — We, they; plural pronoun prefix

ta

ta — We, us (inclusive); first-person plural pronoun

gần

gần — Near, almost, approximately

có

có — To have; to exist; affirmative existential verb

thể

thể — Can, possible; body; form — used in 'có thể' meaning 'can'

hy

hy — Hope, rare; used in compound 'hy vọng' meaning hope

vọng

vọng — Hope, wish, to look toward; part of 'hy vọng'

Trước

Trước — Before, in front of, prior to

khi

khi — When, at the time of; temporal conjunction

chết

chết — To die; dead; cessation of life

đi

đi — To go; directional complement indicating away

vì

vì — Because, for the sake of; causal conjunction

sự

sự — Nominalizer prefix turning verbs into abstract nouns

tàn

tàn — To wither, fade, decline; remnant or ash

lụi

lụi — To decline, wither away, fade into oblivion

thuần

thuần — Pure, simple, unadulterated; purely

túy

túy — Pure, solely; used in compound 'thuần túy' meaning purely

để

để — In order to, so that; purpose conjunction

tìm

tìm — To search, look for, seek

hiểu

hiểu — To understand, comprehend

Điều

Điều — Thing, matter, point; used before abstract concepts

gì

gì — What; interrogative pronoun used in questions

đó

đó — That, there; demonstrative for things at a distance

về

về — About, concerning; also means to return home

thời

thời — Time, era, period; temporal noun

thơ

thơ — Childhood, young age; also means poetry

ấu

ấu — Young, early childhood; used in 'thơ ấu'

của

của — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

còn

còn — Still, yet, remaining; also means 'and still'

sống

sống — To live, be alive; living

Giống

Giống — Similar to, like; species or breed

người

người — Person, human being, people

vĩ

vĩ — Great, grand, magnificent; used in 'vĩ đại'

đại

đại — Great, large, grand; used in compound adjectives

nguyên

nguyên — Original, primordial, primitive; source

thủy

thủy — Water; beginning, origin; in 'nguyên thủy' means primitive

mắt

mắt — Eye, eyes; also means glasses informally

to

to — Large, big, great in size

chìm

chìm — To sink, submerge, be hidden beneath surface

khuất

khuất — Hidden, concealed, obscured from view

Tri

Tri — Knowledge, wisdom; used in compound 'tri thức'

thức

thức — Knowledge, awareness; to stay awake

họ

họ — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

tựa

tựa — To lean against, resemble; like, similar to

tảng

tảng — Boulder, large slab of rock

đá

đá — Stone, rock; to kick

chống

chống — To prop up, support, resist, oppose

đỡ

đỡ — To support, hold up, catch; to relieve

biển

biển — Sea, ocean; large body of saltwater

cả

cả — All, whole, entire; also means eldest

Đã

Đã — Past tense marker for completed actions

tạo

tạo — To create, make, form, build

nên

nên — To become; therefore; should; result particle

nền

nền — Foundation, base, background; civilization

kho

kho — Storehouse, warehouse, repository of things

tri

tri — Knowledge, wisdom; prefix in knowledge compounds

biến

biến — To change, transform, shift; dynamic

động

động — Movement, motion, dynamic; to move or shake

thế

thế — World; situation; thus, so; posture

này

này — This, these; proximal demonstrative pronoun

Hình

Hình — Image, picture, shape, form, illustration

minh

minh — Bright, clear; used in 'minh họa' meaning illustration

họa

họa — Drawing, illustration; disaster; used in compounds

đầu

đầu — Head; beginning, front, start of something

sách

sách — Book; written publication

Hồ

Hồ — Lake; also a common surname in Vietnamese

sơ

sơ — File, record, preliminary; basic, initial

MỤC

MỤC — Section, item, category; used in 'mục lục' meaning table of contents

LỤC

LỤC — Record, list; green; six; in 'mục lục' means contents