The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself — Page 1

Vocabulary

Tác

tác — Part of compound meaning 'author' or 'work'

giả

giả — Author; person who creates a work

kể

kể — To tell, narrate, or recount a story

về

về — About; concerning; to return to

đất

đất — Land, earth, soil, or territory

nước

nước — Country, nation; also means water

mình

mình — Oneself; one's own; informal 'I/you'

cùng

cùng — Together with; also; along with

phong

phong — Part of compound meaning custom or style

tục

tục — Custom, tradition, social practice

tập

tập — To practice; habit; volume of a series

quán

quán — Custom, habit; also a small shop or inn

của

của — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

họ

họ — They, them; also means family clan

Nền

nền — Foundation, base; system or background

hành

hành — To carry out, administer; act or conduct

chính

chính — Administration, government; main or official

tư

tư — Private; judicial; to think or reflect

pháp

pháp — Law, legal system; method or France

Lễ

lễ — Ceremony, rite, ritual, or festival

cưới

cưới — Wedding; to marry; marriage ceremony

hỏi

hỏi — To ask; engagement ceremony before wedding

và

và — And; connecting conjunction between items

các

các — Various, plural marker for nouns

hình

hình — Form, shape, image, type or mode

thức

thức — Form, mode, type; to be awake

giải

giải — To solve, explain, release or entertain

trí

trí — Entertainment; intellect or mind

công

công — Public, communal; labor, work, merit

cộng

cộng — Communal, collective; to add together

Lối

lối — Way, style, manner, path or approach

sống

sống — To live; life; alive, raw (of food)

Trang

trang — Dress, attire; page; elegant appearance

phục

phục — Clothing, costume; to submit or admire

Các

các — Various, plural marker for multiple nouns

ngành

ngành — Branch, field, sector or industry

thủ

thủ — Hand; craft; to guard or defend

nghiệp

nghiệp — Craft, trade, profession or karma

Công

công — Public work, construction, labor

trình

trình — Construction project; to present formally

kiến

kiến — To build, construct; view or opinion

trúc

trúc — Architecture; bamboo plant

Thương

thương — Trade, commerce; to love or feel pity

mại

mại — Trade, commerce; buying and selling

Nông

nông — Agriculture, farming; shallow in depth

Chiến

chiến — War, battle, fight or combat

tranh

tranh — War; to compete; painting or picture

tôn

tôn — Religion; to respect or honor someone

giáo

giáo — Religion; to teach or educate

Mê

mê — To be obsessed, confused, or superstitious

tín

tín — Belief, faith, trust, superstition

dị

dị — Strange, odd, different, abnormal

đoan

đoan — Superstition; proper, upright manner

người

người — Person, people, human being

bản

bản — Original, native, local; a copy or document

địa

địa — Land, place, local area or native ground

Nghi

nghi — Rite, ceremony; to suspect or doubt

lễ

lễ — Ceremony, ritual, rite or festival

tang

tang — Funeral, mourning, bereavement

ma

ma — Ghost, spirit; funeral rites

thầy

thầy — Teacher, master, monk or professional

tu

tu — To practice religion; monk's spiritual cultivation

hoặc

hoặc — Or; either one option or another

phù

phù — Charm, amulet; to assist or float

thủy

thủy — Sorcerer, witch; water element

Cách

cách — Way, method, manner; to separate

kỳ

kỳ — Strange, odd, wondrous; a period of time

lạ

lạ — Strange, unusual, unfamiliar, foreign

để

To put, place; in order to, so that

phát

phát — To detect, emit, develop or issue

hiện

hiện — To appear, detect, discover or present

chất

chất — Substance, quality, material or essence

độc

độc — Poison, toxic, venomous; alone or only

Một

một — One; a single item or instance

số

số — Number, amount; a few, some

gợi

gợi — To suggest, evoke, hint or imply

ý

ý — Idea, meaning, thought or intention

nguồn

nguồn — Source, origin, root or spring

gốc

gốc — Origin, root, base or ancestry

đồng

đồng — Same, fellow, common; field or copper

hương

hương — Hometown, fragrance, incense, fellow villager

tác

tác — To write, create; part of 'tác giả' author

với

với — With, together with, to reach toward

nhà

nhà — House, home; professional or expert person

văn

văn — Literature, writing, culture or text

khác

khác — Different, other, another, distinct

nhau

nhau — Each other, one another, mutually

chủ

chủ — Main, chief, owner, host or subject

đề

đề — Topic, theme, subject or title

đó

đó — That, there, those; demonstrative pronoun

Tôi

tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

tin

tin — To believe, trust; news or message

rằng

rằng — That; conjunction introducing a clause

những

những — Those, these; plural marker for nouns

ai

ai — Who, whoever, anyone, somebody

xuất

xuất — To publish, export, produce or issue

hồi

hồi — Memoir, memory; to return, episode

ký

ký — Memoir, record; to sign or memorize

thật

thật — True, real, genuine, truly, indeed

khó

khó — Difficult, hard, troublesome

tránh

tránh — To avoid, evade, escape from something

khỏi

khỏi — Away from, free from, to recover from

tiếng

tiếng — Sound, voice, language; reputation or name

mang

mang — To carry, bear, bring; to wear

tội

tội — Sin, crime, guilt, fault or offense

kiêu

kiêu — Arrogant, proud, haughty in manner

ngạo

ngạo — Arrogant, conceited, disdainful toward others

đây

đây — Here, this place; this very thing

cũng

cũng — Also, too, as well, likewise

không

không — No, not, without; zero; sky or air

phải

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

là

là — Is, are, am; to be (copula verb)

bất

bất — Not, un-, dis-; prefix negating a quality

lợi

lợi — Advantage, benefit, profit or interest

duy

duy — Only, sole, unique; to maintain

nhất

nhất — Most, first, number one, superlative marker

mà

mà — But, yet, which, that; contrastive conjunction

chịu

chịu — To endure, bear, tolerate, suffer

đựng

đựng — To contain, hold, store; to endure

còn

còn — Still, yet, remaining; there is also

nỗi

nỗi — Feeling, suffering, inner pain or hardship

hạnh

hạnh — Happiness, virtue, good fortune or luck

này

này — This, these; near demonstrative pronoun

nữa

nữa — More, further, additionally, also, yet

điều

điều — Thing, matter, condition or point

thường

thường — Usually, normally, ordinary, common

thì

thì — Then, so; tense marker or topic marker

hiếm

hiếm — Rare, scarce, uncommon, seldom seen

khi

khi — When, whenever; a moment in time

nếu

nếu — If, in case, supposing that

có

có — To have, there is, to exist, yes

được

được — To get, obtain, be able to, succeed

ta

ta — We, I; informal first-person pronoun

tưởng

tưởng — To think, imagine, assume or believe

hiển

hiển — Obvious, clear, evident, manifest

nhiên

nhiên — Natural, obvious, of course; nature

chúng

chúng — They, them, these; plural pronoun

lại

lại — Again, back, instead; to come back

dễ

dễ — Easy, simple, likely to, prone to

quay

quay — To turn, rotate, spin, return or film

mặt

mặt — Face, surface, front; to face something

đi

đi — To go, walk, leave; directional particle

sự

sự — Nominalizer; matter, affair, situation

ghê

ghê — Horrible, disgusting, awful, terrifying

tởm

tởm — Disgusting, revolting, loathsome, repulsive

quy

quy — To attribute, assign, return; rule

kết

kết — To conclude, connect, link or bind

cho

cho — To give, for, so that, allowing

hỗn

hỗn — Rude, impertinent, insolent, disrespectful

láo

láo — Impudent, cheeky, insolent, badly behaved

Người

người — Person, people, human being, individual

chỉ

chỉ — Only, merely, just; to point at

cuốn

cuốn — Volume, book; to roll or sweep away

nào

nào — Which, what, any; interrogative or indefinite

chứa

chứa — To contain, hold, store inside something

đầy

đầy — Full, filled, complete, abundant

kiện

kiện — Event, case, matter; lawsuit or affair

lớn

lớn — Big, large, great, grown, important

lao

lao — Labor, to hurl, rush; great exertion

hay

hay — Or; interesting, good, or often

ấn

ấn — Impression, stamp; to press or imprint

tượng

tượng — Image, impression, statue or symbol

mới

mới — New, recent, fresh; only then, just

xứng

xứng — Worthy, suitable, fitting, deserving

đáng

đáng — Worthy, deserving, suitable, worth doing

đọc

đọc — To read text or written material

ghi

ghi — To write down, record, note something

nhớ

nhớ — To remember, recall, miss someone

tức

tức — Meaning, that is; angry, irritated

khả

khả — Capable, possible; part of 'khả năng'

năng

năng — Ability, capability, talent, capacity

khơi

khơi — To stir up, evoke, arouse, ignite

dậy

dậy — To wake up, rise, stir; get up

ngưỡng

ngưỡng — Admiration, awe, reverence, threshold

mộ

mộ — To admire, adore; grave or tomb

lòng

lòng — Heart, mind, interior feelings, compassion

thương

thương — Sympathy, pity, love; to feel for someone

cảm

cảm — Feeling, emotion, to sense or feel

ở

ở — At, in, to live, to stay somewhere

mức

mức — Level, degree, extent or measure

độ

độ — Degree, level, extent, measure or tolerance

cao

cao — High, tall, elevated, superior in level

tất

tất — All, every, entire; must or certainly

cả

cả — All, entire, both; eldest child

đều

đều — All, equally, evenly, without exception

bị

bị — Passive marker; to suffer or undergo

gạt

gạt — To push aside, brush off, exclude

sang

sang — To the other side; luxurious, noble

một

một — One; a single unit or instance

bên

bên — Side, beside, next to, party

khinh

khinh — To despise, look down on, disdain

lãng

lãng — To neglect, ignore, forget carelessly

quên

quên — To forget, to fail to remember

Vì

vì — Because, for the sake of, due to

vậy

vậy — So, thus, therefore, that way

thú

thú — To confess, admit; interest or pleasure

nhận

nhận — To recognize, admit, receive, acknowledge

đối

đối — Toward, facing, regarding, opposite

cá

cá — Fish; individual, personal (cá nhân)

nhân

nhân — Individual, person; human; factor or cause

bình

bình — Ordinary, plain, peaceful; vase or jar

vô

vô — Without, no, lacking; to enter (classical)

danh

danh — Name, fame, reputation; anonymous when negated

xa

xa — Far, distant, remote, far away

việc

việc — Task, work, matter, affair or job

cầu

cầu — To request, beg; bridge; ball sport

xin

xin — To ask for, request, apply, please

quan

quan — Attention, concern; official, mandarin

tâm

tâm — Heart, mind, care, center or concern

rộng

rộng — Wide, broad, generous, spacious, open

lượng

lượng — Generosity, amount, quantity, tolerance

theo

theo — To follow, according to, in accordance with

cách

cách — Way, method, manner, style of doing

quả

quả — Fruit; result; indeed, truly, quite

phần

phần — Part, portion, share, section or lot

mạo

mạo — To risk, venture, impersonate or dare

hiểm

hiểm — Dangerous, risky, hazardous, perilous

đặc

đặc — Special, particular, thick, concentrated

biệt

biệt — Special, separate, distinct; to part from

thừa

thừa — Surplus, excess, more than needed

gì

gì — What, anything, something; interrogative word

bày

bày — To display, arrange, set out, present

câu

câu — Sentence, clause; to fish; hook

chuyện

chuyện — Story, tale, matter, conversation

vị

vị — Position, title; taste or flavor; for

thánh

thánh — Saint, holy person, sacred figure

anh

anh — Older brother; hero; brave, heroic man

hùng

hùng — Hero, heroic, brave, powerful, mighty

bạo

bạo — Violent, tyrannical, cruel, brutal

chúa

chúa — Lord, master, ruler, tyrant or God