The Adventures of Pinocchio — Page 6

Vocabulary

Một

Một — One; a/an (indefinite article in Vietnamese)

âm

âm — Sound, audio; relating to sound or music

thanh

thanh — Sound, tone; also means slender or pure

kỳ

kỳ — Strange, odd; remarkable or extraordinary

lạ

lạ — Strange, unfamiliar, unusual, or foreign

có

có — To have; to exist; there is/are

thể

thể — Can, able to; possibility or capability

nghe

nghe — To listen, to hear a sound

thấy

thấy — To see, perceive, or sense something

nhẹ

nhẹ — Light in weight; gentle, soft, mild

nhàng

nhàng — Gentle, graceful; used in 'nhẹ nhàng' (gently)

như

như — Like, as, similar to something else

tiếng

tiếng — Sound, noise; language; classifier for sounds

chuông

chuông — Bell; the sound or instrument of a bell

nhỏ

nhỏ — Small, little, tiny; young in age

và

và — And; connecting two words or phrases

mờ

mờ — Dim, faint, blurry, indistinct

nhạt

nhạt — Faint, pale, bland, weak in taste or color

bị

bị — Passive marker indicating undesirable action upon subject

bóp

bóp — To squeeze, pinch, press tightly

nghẹt

nghẹt — Choked, congested, blocked, suffocated

ve

ve — Buzzing sound; cicada; used in 'vo ve'

của

của — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

một

một — One; a/an, the number one

con

con — Classifier for animals; child; small creature

muỗi

muỗi — Mosquito; blood-sucking flying insect

ở

ở — At, in, to be located somewhere

xa

xa — Far away, distant, remote

Đó

Đó — That, there; indicating something previously mentioned

rồi

rồi — Already, done; then, afterward

Đèn

Đèn — Lamp, light, lantern; a lighting device

kêu

kêu — To cry out, call, shout, make noise

lên

lên — Up, upward; to rise or go up

nhảy

nhảy — To jump, leap, dance

bật

bật — To turn on; to spring up suddenly

dậy

dậy — To get up, rise, wake up

Cái

Cái — Classifier for objects; what, which thing

gì

gì — What; anything; used in questions

vậy

vậy — So, like that; used for emphasis or questions

thì

thì — Then; marks topic or conditional clause

thầm

thầm — Whisper, secretly, in a low voice

xe

xe — Vehicle, car, bicycle, transportation

đang

đang — Currently, in the process of doing something

đến

đến — To come, arrive, reach a place

đón

đón — To pick up, welcome, receive someone

tôi

tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

Lần

Lần — Time, instance, occasion, turn

cuối

cuối — Last, final, end of something

cùng

cùng — Together, also; same, final

cậu

cậu — You (informal, friendly); young male friend

đi

đi — To go, walk, travel somewhere

hay

hay — Or; interesting, good; often, habitually

không

không — No, not; negation; question particle

Nhưng

Nhưng — But, however; introduces a contrasting idea

thật

thật — True, real, genuine, truly, really

sự

sự — Fact, matter, affair; nominalizing particle

đúng

đúng — Correct, right, accurate, true

rằng

rằng — That; introduces reported speech or thought

đất

đất — Land, earth, soil, ground

nước

nước — Water; country, nation

đó

đó — That, there; demonstrative pronoun

những

những — Plural marker for nouns; those, the (plural)

bé

bé — Small, little; child, baby

bao

bao — Ever, how much; bag; to cover

giờ

giờ — Hour, time, now, o'clock

phải

phải — Must, have to; right, correct

học

học — To study, learn, attend school

Không

Không — No, not; negation word in Vietnamese

Thật

Thật — Truly, really, genuinely; true, real

là

là — To be; linking verb or emphasis particle

tuyệt

tuyệt — Wonderful, excellent, superb, fantastic

vời

vời — Used in 'tuyệt vời': wonderful, magnificent

đẹp

đẹp — Beautiful, pretty, attractive, lovely

diệu

diệu — Wonderful, magical, marvelous; used in compounds

Ồ

Ồ — Oh! Exclamation of surprise or realization

ồ

ồ — Oh; soft exclamation of surprise or acknowledgment