The Brothers Karamazov — Page 2

Vocabulary

Những

Nhữɲ — Plural marker for nouns in Vietnamese

Người

Ŋɨəj — Person, human being, people

Anh

Aɲ — Older brother; polite pronoun for male

Em

ɛm — Younger sibling; polite pronoun for younger person

Kết

Kɛt — To tie, connect, or conclude something

Bạn

Ɓan — Friend, companion; second-person casual pronoun

Chương

Cɨəŋ — Chapter of a book or document

Nổi

Nôj — To float, rise up, or become prominent

Loạn

Lwan — Chaos, rebellion, disorder, uprising

Vị

Vij — Honorific title; taste; classifier for people

Đại

Ɗaj — Great, large, grand; prefix meaning big

Pháp

Faːp — Law, method; France or French

Quan

Kwan — Official, mandarin; government officer

Tạm

Tam — Temporary, provisional, for the time being

Thời

Tʰəj — Time, period, era, season

Một

Mɔt — One; the number one in Vietnamese

Điều

Ɗiəw — Thing, matter, condition, article

Rất

Zɤt — Very, extremely; intensifier adverb

Mơ

Mɤː — To dream; a dream or wish

Hồ

Hoː — Lake; vague, unclear; doubt

Nói

Nɔj — To speak, say, talk, tell

Chuyện

Cwien — Story, matter, conversation, affair

Với

Vəj — With, together with; preposition of accompaniment

Thông

Tʰoŋ — To communicate; intelligent, fluent, clear

Minh

Miɲ — Bright, clear, intelligent; light

Lúc

Luk — Moment, time, when; point in time

Nào

Naw — Which, any; interrogative or inclusive pronoun

Cũng

Kuŋ — Also, too, as well; always

Đáng

Ɗaŋ — Worth, worthy of, deserving something

Quyển

Kwien — Volume, book; classifier for books

Nhà

Ɲaː — House, home; building, establishment

Tu

Tu — To practice religion; monk, ascetic

Hành

Haɲ — To act, practice, perform; conduct

Nga

Ŋa — Russia or Russian; a proper noun

Cha

Caː — Father, dad; Catholic priest

Và

Vaː — And; conjunction joining words or clauses

Khách

Xaːk — Guest, visitor, customer, passenger

Của

Kua — Of, belonging to; possessive preposition

Ngài

Ŋaj — His Excellency; formal pronoun for dignitary

Cuộc

Kuwk — Event, match, game; classifier for activities

Đấu

Ɗɤw — To fight, compete, struggle against someone

Súng

Suŋ — Gun, firearm, weapon

Đối

Ɗoj — To face, oppose; toward, against

Thoại

Tʰwaj — Dialogue, conversation, speech

Lời

Ləj — Word, speech, statement, utterance

Khuyên

Xwien — To advise, counsel, recommend to someone

Răn

Zaːn — To admonish, warn, instruct morally

Phần

Fɤn — Part, section, portion, share

Hơi

Həj — Breath, air, vapor; slightly, a little

Thở

Tʰɤː — To breathe, inhale and exhale air

Sự

Sɨ — Noun-forming prefix for abstract concepts

Thối

Tʰoj — Rotten, putrid, decayed, smelling bad

Rữa

Zɨa — To decompose, rot, decay gradually

Khoảnh

Xwaɲ — Moment, instant, brief period of time

Khắc

Xak — Moment; to engrave; quarter hour

Nguy

Ŋwi — Danger, peril, hazard, risk

Kịch

Kik — Drama, play; intense, acute situation

Củ

Ku — Tuber, bulb, root vegetable

Xứ

Sɨ — Land, region, country, territory

Mỏ

Mɔ — Mine, quarry; beak, bill of bird

Vàng

Vaŋ — Gold; yellow color; precious metal

Trong

Troŋ — In, inside, within; clear, transparent

Bóng

Ɓoŋ — Shadow, shade; ball; reflection of light

Tối

Toj — Dark, darkness; tonight; dim light

Quyết

Kwiet — To decide, determine, resolve firmly

Định

Ɗiɲ — To plan, intend, fix, determine

Đột

Ɗot — Sudden, abrupt, unexpected occurrence

Ngột

Ŋot — Stuffy, suffocating; used with đột

Tôi

Toj — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

Đến

Ɗen — To come, arrive, reach a place

Tình

Tiɲ — Love, feeling, emotion, sentiment

Đầu

Ɗɤw — Head; first, beginning; top part

Tiên

Tien — First, prior; fairy, celestial being

Chính

Ciɲ — Main, primary, correct, official, righteous

Mê

Meː — To be obsessed, infatuated; unconscious

Sảng

Saŋ — Delirious, confused; delirium state

Tra

Tra — To interrogate, investigate, look up

Sơ

Sɤː — Preliminary, initial, early; rough draft

Bộ

Ɓo — Ministry, department; set, collection; walk

Khởi

Xəj — To begin, start, initiate something

Nghiệp

Ŋiep — Career, profession, karma, vocation

Công

Koŋ — Work, merit, public; official duty

Chức

Cɨk — Position, title, duty, official role

Báo

Ɓaw — To report, inform, notify; newspaper

Động

Ɗoŋ — To move, stir, touch; cave, grotto

Nỗi

Noj — Feeling, sentiment; classifier for emotions

Thống

Tʰoŋ — Pain, suffering; to govern, unite

Khổ

Xo — Suffering, hardship, misery, pain

Tâm

Tam — Heart, mind, soul, inner self

Hồn

Hon — Soul, spirit, essence of a person

Thử

Tʰɨ — To try, test, attempt something

Thách

Tʰaːk — To challenge, dare, provoke someone

Thứ

Tʰɨ — Ordinal number prefix; rank, order

Hai

Haj — Two; the number two in Vietnamese

Ba

Ɓa — Three; father (informal); number three

Tố

To — To accuse, report; constituent element

Viên

Vien — Official, member; pill; classifier for round objects

Bắt

Ɓat — To catch, arrest, seize someone

Được

Ɗɨək — To obtain, can, be able to

Bí

Ɓi — Secret, mysterious; squash vegetable

Mật

Mat — Secret, confidential; honey; bile

Lớn

Lɤn — Big, large, great, grown up

Bị

Ɓi — Passive marker; to suffer, undergo

Đón

Ɗon — To welcome, receive, greet someone

Nhận

Ɲan — To receive, accept, recognize something

Bằng

Ɓaŋ — By means of, equal to, flat

Tiếng

Tieŋ — Sound, noise; language, voice, word

Huýt

Hwit — To whistle; sharp sound made by lips

Sáo

Saw — Flute; whistle sound; trite, clichéd

Khai

Xaj — To declare, testify, confess officially

Các

Kak — Plural marker for specific known nouns

Nhân

Ɲan — Person, human; cause, factor, kindness

Chứng

Cɨŋ — Witness; evidence, proof, testimony

Đứa

Ɗɨa — Classifier for children or contemptible persons

Trẻ

Tre — Young, youthful; child, young person

Họ

Ho — They, them; family name, surname

Mang

Maŋ — To carry, bring, bear something

Đi

Ɗi — To go, walk, leave, depart

Cậu

Kɤw — Boy, young man; you (informal address)

Bé

Ɓe — Small, little; baby, young child

Học

Hok — To study, learn, attend school

Sinh

Siɲ — Student; to be born, to live

Con

Kon — Child, offspring; classifier for animals

Chó

Co — Dog; common domestic animal

Lạc

Lak — To get lost, stray; peanut

Bên

Ɓen — Side, beside, near, next to

Giường

Zɨəŋ — Bed, sleeping surface, furniture item

Bệnh

Ɓeɲ — Illness, sickness, disease, ailment

Chín

Cin — Nine; ripe, mature, cooked thoroughly

Sớm

Sɤm — Early, soon; morning time

Tại

Taj — At, because of; to be located at

Bàn

Ɓan — Table, desk; to discuss, deliberate

Chân

Can — Foot, leg; true, genuine, real

Thương

Tʰɨəŋ — To love, pity, feel compassion for

Quỷ

Kwi — Devil, demon, evil spirit, ghost

Nhỏ

Ɲo — Small, little, tiny; young, minor

Bài

Ɓaj — Lesson, article, song, essay, exercise

Thánh

Tʰaɲ — Saint, holy, sacred, divine being

Ca

Ka — Song, hymn; to sing; medical case

Không

Xoŋ — No, not, without; negation word

Phải

Faj — Must, have to; right, correct, proper