The Souls of Black Folk — Page 7

Vocabulary

Vậy

Vậy — So, thus; used to indicate conclusion or consequence

thì

thì — Then; conditional or temporal connector in sentences

đây

đây — Here; this place or this thing nearby

là

là — Is, am, are; main Vietnamese copula verb

mục

mục — Section, item; part of a goal or category

đích

đích — Target, goal; the intended aim or destination

cuối

cuối — Last, final, end; at the bottom or conclusion

cùng

cùng — Together, also; ultimate or shared with others

trong

trong — In, inside, within; preposition indicating location

sự

sự — Nominalizer particle; turns verbs into abstract nouns

phấn

phấn — Strive, exert; to make great effort toward goal

đấu

đấu — Fight, struggle; to compete or battle for something

của

của — Of, belonging to; possessive preposition in Vietnamese

anh

anh — Older brother; pronoun for male peer or elder

ta

ta — We, I; inclusive first-person or self-reference pronoun

để

để — In order to; purpose conjunction meaning so that

trở

trở — To become, return; to change into a new state

thành

thành — Become, city; to turn into or successfully achieve

một

một — One; the number one or indefinite article

người

người — Person, human being; individual or people generally

cộng

cộng — Together, plus; to collaborate or add together

tác

tác — Work, act; to operate or function in cooperation

vương

vương — King, royal; relating to monarchy or kingdom

quốc

quốc — Nation, country; relating to a state or kingdom

văn

văn — Literature, culture; relating to writing or civilization

hóa

hóa — Culture, transform; to become or cultural development

thoát

thoát — Escape, get out; to free oneself from something

khỏi

khỏi — Away from, out of; preposition indicating separation

cả

cả — Both, all, even; inclusive particle covering everything

cái

cái — Classifier for objects; general noun classifier in Vietnamese

chết

chết — Death, to die; cessation of life

lẫn

lẫn — As well as, both; connecting two comparable items

cô

cô — Aunt, Miss; also means solitary or isolated

lập

lập — Establish, isolate; to set up or stand alone

gìn

gìn — Preserve, guard; to maintain or keep something safe

giữ

giữ — Keep, hold; to retain or maintain possession

và

và — And; coordinating conjunction joining words or clauses

sử

sử — History, use; to utilize or relate to history

dụng

dụng — Use, employ; to make use of a resource

những

những — Those, these; plural marker for nouns in Vietnamese

năng

năng — Energy, ability; capacity or power to do something

lực

lực — Force, strength; physical or mental power or ability

tốt

tốt — Good, well; of high quality or favorable nature

nhất

nhất — Most, best; superlative marker in Vietnamese adjectives

thiên

thiên — Heaven, natural; innate or heavenly talent

tài

tài — Talent, gifted; natural skill or exceptional ability

tiềm

tiềm — Latent, hidden; concealed potential waiting to emerge

ẩn

ẩn — Hidden, concealed; not visible or apparent to others

mình

mình — Self, oneself; reflexive pronoun or intimate first person

Những

Những — Those, these; plural marker for nouns in Vietnamese

về

về — About, return; concerning a topic or going back

thể

thể — Body, form; physical form or possibility marker

xác

xác — Body, corpse; physical body or to confirm something

tâm

tâm — Mind, heart; inner spiritual or psychological center

trí

trí — Intelligence, mind; cognitive ability or mental faculty

này

này — This, these; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things

quá

quá — Too, overly, past; exceeds normal degree or amount

khứ

khứ — Past; used in quá khứ meaning the past

đã

đã — Already; past tense marker indicating completed action

bị

bị — Passive marker; indicates undesirable passive action

lãng

lãng — Waste, idle; to squander or let drift away

phí

phí — Waste, fee; to squander resources or a cost

phân

phân — Divide, scatter; to distribute or spread apart

tán

tán — Scatter, disperse; to spread out or dissipate

hoặc

hoặc — Or; disjunctive conjunction presenting alternatives

quên

quên — Forget; to fail to remember something

cách

cách — Way, method, distance; manner of doing something

kỳ

kỳ — Strange, extraordinary, period; odd or remarkable

lạ

lạ — Strange, unusual; unfamiliar or surprisingly different

Bóng

Bóng — Shadow, image, ball; silhouette or reflected figure

dáng

dáng — Figure, appearance; the shape or form of a person

hùng

hùng — Heroic, mighty, powerful; strong and imposing presence

mạnh

mạnh — Strong, powerful; having great physical or mental force

Da

Da — Skin; outer covering of the body

Đen

Đen — Black; the color black or dark-skinned

lướt

lướt — Glide, skim, surf; to move swiftly and smoothly

qua

qua — Through, past, across; to pass by something

câu

câu — Sentence, phrase, fishing; a unit of language

chuyện

chuyện — Story, matter, conversation; a tale or topic

Bí

Bí — Secret, mysterious; hidden or not openly known

Ẩn

Ẩn — Hidden, concealed; mysterious or kept out of sight

Ai

Ai — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person

Cập

Cập — Egypt; also means to reach or catch up

Nhân

Nhân — Person, Sphinx; human or relating to humanity

Sư

Sư — Lion, teacher; sphinx element or respected person

Xuyên

Xuyên — Through, traverse; to pass through continuously

suốt

suốt — Throughout, entire; across the whole duration

lịch

lịch — Calendar, history; relating to time or historical record

đàn

đàn — Group, herd, instrument; collective of people or animals

ông

ông — Grandfather, Mr.; respectful address for older man

da

da — Skin; surface covering of the human body

đen

đen — Black; the dark color or dark-skinned

đơn

đơn — Single, simple, alone; one unit without company

lẻ

lẻ — Odd, solitary; isolated individual or odd number

lóe

lóe — Flash, flicker; to emit a sudden burst of light

sáng

sáng — Bright, morning; illuminated or early part of day

đó

đó — That, there; demonstrative pointing to distant thing

như

như — Like, as; comparison conjunction indicating similarity

ngôi

ngôi — Star, seat, classifier; position or celestial body

sao

sao — Star, why; celestial body or question word

băng

băng — Ice, tape, meteor; to cross or streak across

đôi

đôi — Pair, couple, sometimes; two matched items together

khi

khi — When, time; temporal conjunction indicating a moment

tắt

tắt — Turn off, extinguish; to cease functioning or shorten

lịm

lịm — Faint, dim out; to gradually lose consciousness or light

trước

trước — Before, in front; prior in time or space

thế

thế — World, posture, so; condition or the world

giới

giới — World, realm; sphere of existence or community

kịp

kịp — In time, catch up; to manage before it's too late

đánh

đánh — Hit, beat, assess; to strike or evaluate something

giá

giá — Price, value, assess; cost or to evaluate worth

đúng

đúng — Correct, right, accurate; exactly as it should be

độ

độ — Degree, extent; level or measure of something

họ

họ — They, them, surname; third-person plural pronoun

Ở

Ở — At, in, live; to reside or be located somewhere

tại

tại — At, in, because of; location or causal preposition

Mỹ

Mỹ — America, beautiful; the United States of America

ngày

ngày — Day; a twenty-four hour period or daytime

ngắn

ngắn — Short, brief; not long in length or duration

ngủi

ngủi — Brief, fleeting; very short and quickly passing

kể

kể — Tell, narrate, count; to recount or relate a story

từ

từ — From, since, word; starting point in time or place

Giải

Giải — Solve, liberate, prize; to free or explain something

Phóng

Phóng — Release, launch, liberate; to set free or project forward

xoay

xoay — Revolve, turn around, manage; to rotate or cope

nỗ

nỗ — Effort; component of nỗ lực meaning strenuous effort

do

do — Due to, because; reason or cause of something

dự

dự — Hesitate, anticipate; to be uncertain or participate

hoài

hoài — Always, nostalgic, doubt; continually or long for past

nghi

nghi — Suspect, doubt; to be suspicious or uncertain about

thường

thường — Often, ordinary; happening frequently or normal level

khiến

khiến — Cause, make; to compel or result in something happening

sức

sức — Strength, force; physical energy or capacity for work

thực

thực — Real, truly; actual or to truly put into practice

mất

mất — Lose, disappear, die; to no longer have something

đi

đi — Go, away; to move or directional particle

hiệu

hiệu — Effect, sign, brand; effectiveness or a signal

quả

quả — Fruit, result; outcome or classifier for round objects

trông

trông — Look, watch over; to observe or appear a certain way

vắng

vắng — Absent, empty, quiet; lacking presence or activity

mặt

mặt — Face, surface, aspect; the front side of something

quyền

quyền — Right, authority, power; entitlement or legal authority

yếu

yếu — Weak, feeble; lacking strength or intensity

đuối

đuối — Exhausted, drowning; overwhelmed or lacking energy

Thế

Thế — So, world, generation; thus or the situation is so

nhưng

nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction indicating contrast

không

không — No, not, zero; negation or absence of something

phải

phải — Must, right, correct; obligatory or the right side

mâu

mâu — Contradiction; component of mâu thuẫn meaning conflict

thuẫn

thuẫn — Contradiction, shield; conflict or contradictory situation

tiêu

tiêu — Spend, consume, destroy; to use up or eliminate

kép

kép — Double, dual; twofold or involving two elements

Cuộc

Cuộc — Contest, event, life; classifier for ongoing activities

tranh

tranh — Compete, picture,争; to struggle or fight for something

với

với — With, against; preposition indicating accompaniment

thợ

thợ — Craftsman, worker; skilled manual laborer or artisan

thủ

thủ — Hand, defend, head; to guard or manual skill

công

công — Work, labor, public; effort or relating to craft

khinh

khinh — Despise, look down on; to regard with contempt

trắng

trắng — White; the color white or pale-skinned

đối

đối — Against, toward, opposite; facing or in opposition

dân

dân — People, citizen, folk; common people of a nation

tộc

tộc — Ethnic group, clan; racial or familial community

chỉ

chỉ — Only, just, point; limited to or indicate direction

biết

biết — Know, understand; to have knowledge or skill

chặt

chặt — Chop, tight; to cut firmly or hold tightly

củi

củi — Firewood; wood cut for use as fuel

gánh

gánh — Carry on shoulder pole; to bear a burden

nước

nước — Water, country; liquid or nation state

khác

khác — Other, different; not the same or another option

cày

cày — Plow; to till land for farming

bừa

bừa — Harrow, carelessly; farming tool or acting recklessly

đóng

đóng — Close, nail, pay; to shut or contribute money

đinh

đinh — Nail, adult male; metal fastener or strong man

đào

đào — Dig, peach; to excavate earth or the peach fruit

bới

bới — Dig, rummage; to search through or excavate

cho

cho — Give, for, allow; to provide or a benefactive marker

đám

đám — Crowd, group, patch; a cluster of people or things

đông

đông — Crowded, east, winter; many people or eastern direction

bần

bần — Poor, impoverished; lacking material resources

có

có — Have, there is; to possess or existence marker

dẫn

dẫn — Lead, guide; to conduct or bring about a result

đến

đến — To, arrive, reach; movement toward a destination

việc

việc — Work, task, matter; a job or issue to address

tồi

tồi — Bad, poor quality; inferior or morally wrong

vì

vì — Because, for; causal conjunction explaining reason

dồn

dồn — Concentrate, push together; to gather or channel into

nửa

nửa — Half; one of two equal parts of something

huyết

huyết — Blood; relating to blood or bloodline heritage

vào

vào — Into, enter; movement directed inward or toward

mỗi

mỗi — Each, every; referring to individual items in group

Bởi

Bởi — Because; causal conjunction giving reason or cause

nghèo

nghèo — Poor, impoverished; lacking financial resources

đói

đói — Hungry, famine; feeling of needing food

ngu

ngu — Stupid, ignorant; lacking intelligence or knowledge

dốt

dốt — Ignorant, uneducated; lacking learning or schooling

vị

vị — Position, taste, for; classifier for respected persons

sư

sư — Monk, teacher, master; religious or learned person

hay

hay — Or, often, good; alternative conjunction or frequently

bác

bác — Uncle, doctor, refute; respectful address for older person

sĩ

sĩ — Scholar, professional; learned person or degree holder

cám

cám — Bran, temptation; component of cám dỗ meaning tempt

dỗ

dỗ — Tempt, coax; to lure or persuade someone gently

hướng

hướng — Direction, guide; to orient toward or lead toward

lang

lang — Quack, roam; unqualified practitioner or wandering

băm

băm — Chop, quack; to mince or an unqualified doctor

mị

mị — Flatter, deceive; to manipulate through false praise

bởi

bởi — Because, by; causal conjunction explaining reason

trích

trích — Extract, quote, deduct; to cite or take a portion

bên

bên — Side, beside, party; a direction or nearby location

ngoài

ngoài — Outside, beyond; exterior or external to something

lý

lý — Reason, principle, mile; logic or guiding principle

tưởng

tưởng — Ideal, think, imagine; a noble goal or to think

xấu

xấu — Bad, ugly; unattractive or morally poor quality

hổ

hổ — Ashamed, tiger; feeling shame or the tiger animal

thấp

thấp — Low, short; not high in position or stature

hèn

hèn — Base, lowly, cowardly; of inferior status or dignity