Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 12

Vocabulary

Tôi

Toi — First person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'

không

khong — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'

dám

dam — To dare or have the courage to do something

kỳ

ky — Strange, odd, or extraordinary; used in compounds

vọng

vong — To hope, expect, or look forward to something

vào

vao — Preposition meaning 'into' or 'in'; enter

thành

thanh — To become; city; succeed in achieving something

công

cong — Work, effort, merit; success in compound words

như

nhu — Like, as, such as; used for comparisons

vậy

vay — So, thus, like that; used to conclude statements

thế

the — So, thus, that way; used in expressions like 'thế nhưng'

nhưng

nhung — Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'

thể

the — Can, able to; possibility modal word

chịu

chiu — To endure, tolerate, or accept something difficult

đựng

dung — To contain, hold, or endure; bear something

được

duoc — Can, able to; indicates successful action or permission

khi

khi — When, at the time of; temporal conjunction

nhìn

nhin — To look at, to see, to observe something

mặt

mat — Face; surface; aspect or side of something

trái

trai — Left; opposite; wrong side of something

của

cua — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'

bức

buc — Classifier for paintings, letters, or framed objects

tranh

tranh — Painting, picture, or artwork on a surface

Hãy

Hay — Imperative particle urging someone to do something

tiếp

tiep — To continue, receive, or follow after something

tục

tuc — To continue; custom or tradition in compounds

viết

viet — To write; put words down on paper

thư

thu — Letter, written correspondence sent to someone

cho

cho — To give; for; preposition indicating recipient

bất

bat — Prefix meaning 'any' or 'every'; negation prefix

cứ

cu — Any; regardless; used with 'bất cứ' meaning 'whatever'

nào

nao — Which, any; question or indefinite pronoun

có

co — To have, possess; there is/are something

dịp

dip — Opportunity, occasion, or chance to do something

nhận

nhan — To receive, accept, or acknowledge something given

em

em — Younger sibling; humble first-person pronoun

những

nhung — Plural marker for nouns indicating multiple things

lúc

luc — Moment, time, instance when something occurs

cần

can — To need, require; necessary for something

chúng

chung — We, they; plural pronoun for a group

nhất

nhat — Most; superlative marker; number one

để

de — In order to; so that; purpose conjunction

nâng

nang — To lift, raise, or elevate something upward

đỡ

do — To support, hold up, or ease someone's burden

tinh

tinh — Spirit, essence; mental or emotional state

thần

than — Spirit, god; mind or morale in compounds

yêu

yeu — To love; feel deep affection for someone

rất

rat — Very, extremely; intensifier for adjectives and adverbs

nhiều

nhieu — Many, much, a lot of something

nhớ

nho — To miss, remember, or think of someone fondly

đến

den — To arrive at; until; to; directional preposition

với

voi — With; together with; preposition of accompaniment

tình

tinh — Feeling, emotion, affection; love in compounds

cảm

cam — To feel; feeling or emotion in compound words

trân

tran — To cherish, treasure; precious in compound expressions

quý

quy — Precious, valuable; to cherish or esteem highly

nếu

neu — If; conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis

bao

bao — How much/many; ever; used in time expressions

giờ

gio — Hour; time; now when used in expressions

còn

con — Still, yet; to remain; also in some contexts

tin

tin — News, information; to believe or trust someone

tức

tuc — News; immediate; angry in some contexts

gì

gi — What; anything; question word for things

từ

tu — From; since; word or vocabulary item

nữa

nua — More, anymore, again; additional continuation marker

Người

Nguoi — Person, human being; classifier for people

anh

anh — Older brother; pronoun for older male

Thư

Thu — Letter, written message sent to someone

thứ

thu — Ordinal number marker; rank or order

Gửi

Gui — To send; to address a letter to someone

bà

ba — Mrs., grandmother; respectful term for older woman

nước

nuoc — Water; country, nation in compound words

Anh

Anh — England or English; also means older brother

Ngày

Ngay — Day; date; used in writing dates formally

tháng

thang — Month; used in dates and time expressions

năm

nam — Year; five; used in dates and counting

Em

Em — Younger sibling; humble first-person pronoun for writing

gái

gai — Girl, female; used in 'em gái' meaning younger sister

thân

than — Dear, close; body; intimate in relationships

mến

men — To be fond of; dear; affectionate toward someone

vội

voi — Hurried, hasty; in a rush to do something

vài

vai — A few, several; small indefinite number of things

dòng

dong — Line of text; stream; row in writing

báo

bao — To inform, report; newspaper in compound words

rằng

rang — That; complementizer introducing reported speech

đang

dang — Currently, in the process of; present tense marker

an

an — Peace, safety; peaceful in compound expressions

toàn

toan — Safe, whole, complete; used in 'an toàn' meaning safe

và

va — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

chuyến

chuyen — Trip, journey, voyage from one place to another

hải

hai — Sea, ocean; maritime in compound words

hành

hanh — Journey, travel; to carry out an action

đã

da — Already; past tense marker in Vietnamese

tiến

tien — To advance, progress, move forward positively

triển

trien — To develop, expand; progress in compound words

tốt

tot — Good, well, fine; positive quality or result

đẹp

dep — Beautiful, pretty, nice in appearance or manner

này

nay — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby thing

sẽ

se — Will; future tense marker in Vietnamese

nhờ

nho — To ask a favor; thanks to; through someone's help

một

mot — One; a, an; indefinite article equivalent

thương

thuong — To pity; merchant; trading in compound words

thuyền

thuyen — Boat, small vessel used for water travel

trên

tren — On, above, on top of a surface

đường

duong — Road, path, way; route of travel

trở

tro — To return, turn back; become in some contexts

về

ve — To return home; about, regarding something

may

may — Lucky, fortunate; to sew in other contexts

mắn

man — Lucky; used in 'may mắn' meaning fortunate

hơn

hon — More than; comparative particle in Vietnamese

lẽ

le — Reason, logic; perhaps in some expressions

thấy

thay — To see, perceive, feel; notice something

quê

que — Hometown, native place, homeland or village

hương

huong — Fragrance; homeland in 'quê hương' meaning homeland

trong

trong — In, inside, within; among a group

Tuy

Tuy — Although, despite; concessive conjunction in Vietnamese

nhiên

nhien — However; natural; used in 'tuy nhiên' meaning however

trạng

trang — State, condition, status of something or someone

thái

thai — Condition, state; attitude in compound expressions

dũng

dung — Brave, courageous, bold in facing challenges

dường

duong — Seems, appears; apparently in Vietnamese expressions

kiên

kien — Firm, steadfast, persistent; resolute in purpose

định

dinh — To decide, determine; fixed, set; plan something

mục

muc — Goal, objective; section or category in writing

tiêu

tieu — Target, goal; to spend or consume something

tảng

tang — Large block or slab; used in 'tảng băng' iceberg

băng

bang — Ice; to cross; glacier or frozen water

trôi

troi — To drift, float along with current or wind

liên

lien — Continuously, linked; used in continuous action compounds

lướt

luot — To glide, skim, or pass swiftly over surface

qua

qua — To pass through, across, or over something

hiệu

hieu — Effect, signal; store; used in compound words

hiểm

hiem — Dangerous, treacherous, risky in nature

nguy

nguy — Danger, peril; used in 'nguy hiểm' meaning dangerous

vùng

vung — Region, zone, area of land or sea

mà

ma — But, yet; relative pronoun; emphasis particle

tới

toi — To arrive, reach; toward; upcoming in time

cũng

cung — Also, too, as well; even in some contexts

làm

lam — To do, make, work; perform an action

họ

ho — They, them; third person plural pronoun

nản

nan — Discouraged, disheartened, losing motivation

lòng

long — Heart, mind, spirit; inner feelings or will

vĩ

vi — Great, grand; latitude in geographical contexts

độ

do — Degree; level; latitude or temperature measurement

cao

cao — High, tall, elevated in position or degree

đây

day — Here, this place; indicating current location

là

la — Is, are, am; linking verb in Vietnamese

giữa

giua — Middle, center, between; amid something

mùa

mua — Season; mùa hè means summer season

hè

he — Summer season; used in 'mùa hè' meaning summer

mặc

mac — Although, despite; to wear clothing

dù

du — Even though, although; umbrella as noun

ấm

am — Warm, cozy; comfortable temperature

áp

ap — Pressure; warm in 'ấm áp' meaning warm and cozy

ở

o — At, in; to live or reside somewhere

cơn

con — Classifier for weather events, fits, spells

gió

gio — Wind, breeze; air movement in atmosphere

nam

nam — South; male; southern direction or wind

thổi

thoi — To blow; wind or breath moving through air

nhanh

nhanh — Fast, quick, rapid in speed or action

chóng

chong — Quickly, rapidly; used in 'nhanh chóng' meaning quickly

bờ

bo — Shore, bank, coast; edge of water body

bến

ben — Port, pier, dock; place where boats land

hằng

hang — Constantly, always; regularly occurring action

tha

tha — To forgive; earnestly; used in longing expressions

thiết

thiet — Earnest, sincere, eager; longing intensely for something

muốn

muon — To want, wish, desire to do something

mang

mang — To carry, bring, bear; take something along

theo

theo — To follow, according to; along with something

hơi

hoi — Slightly, a bit; breath, vapor, air

phục

phuc — To restore, recover; admire in compound words

hồi

hoi — To recover, return; period of time; restore

ngờ

ngo — To suspect, doubt; unexpected in expressions

Cho

Cho — To give; for; until now in expressions

nay

nay — Now, today; current time; used in expressions

chưa

chua — Not yet; negation indicating incomplete action

sự

su — Nominalizer; thing, matter, affair, event

cố

co — Incident, accident; to try hard; intentional

xảy

xay — To occur, happen, take place unexpectedly

ra

ra — Out, outward; to result; directional particle

đáng

dang — Worth, worthy of; deserving attention or mention

kể

ke — To tell, narrate; worth mentioning or noting