Vocabulary

Expressions of time:

• Giờ (n): Hour/Time
• Tiếng (n): Hour (unit of time)
• Phút (n): Minute
• Giây (n): Second
• Hơn (prep): Over (for time)
• Kém (prep): To (for time)
• Rưỡi (n): Hal past (for time)
• Sáng/Buổi sáng (n): Morning
• Trưa/Buổi trưa (n): Noon
• Chiều/Buổi chiều (n): Afternoon
• Tối/Buổi tối (n): Evening
• Đêm/Buổi đêm (n): Night
• Sớm (adj/adv): early
• Muộn (adj/adv): late (Northern dialect)
• Trễ (adj/adv): late (Southern dialect)

Daily activities:

• Dậy (v): Get up/Wake up
• Thức (adj): Awake
• Thức dậy (v): get up
• Đánh răng (v): Brush teeth
• Rửa mặt (v): Wash faces
• Tắm (v): Shower/Bathe
• Mặc quần áo/Thay quần áo (v): Get dressed
• Mặc đồ/ Thay đồ (v): Get dressed (Southern dialect)
• Nghe nhạc (v): Listen to music
• Xem TV (v): Watch TV
• Học (v): Study
• Làm (v): Work
• Làm bài (v): Do homework
• Chơi thể thao (v): Play sports
• Về nhà (v): Go home, leave for home
• Ngủ (v): Sleep

Eating and meals:

• When talking about “having a meal”, we can use the following verbs:
  • Ăn = Eat
  • Dùng = Use
• The meals are referred to using the following nouns:
  • Bữa sáng = Cơm sáng: Breakfast
  • Bữa trưa = Cơm trưa: Lunch
  • Bữa tối = Cơm tối: Dinner
• The verbs and nouns are combined as follows:
  • Ăn sáng/Ăn bữa sáng/Dùng bữa sáng = Have breakfast
  • Ăn trưa/Ăn bữa trưa/Dùng bữa trưa = Have lunch
  • Ăn tối/Ăn bữa tối/Dùng bữa tối = Have dinner

NOTES:

• “Bữa” can be replaced with “Cơm”
• When using the verb “ăn”, you can omit “Bữa” or “Cơm”. This does not apply to the verb “Dùng”
  => You can say: <strong>Ăn sáng but not Dùng sáng

The verb “Đi”:

This is a very useful and versatile word. It means “go”, and you can add it in front of any verbs to indicate an action you are about to do:

• Đi học = Go to school, go study
• Đi làm = Go to work
• Đi ngủ = Go to sleep
• Đi chơi = Go out, go hang out
• Đi ăn sáng = Go have breakfast
• Đi xem phim: Go to the cinema