Telling The Time
What time is it?
What’s the time?
It’s 8 o’ clock
1. giờ đúng (o’clock)
- It’s twelve o’ clock
- A.m = in the morning
TELLING THE TIME
What time is it?
What’s the time?
It’s 8 o’ clock
1. Gio dung (o’clock)
- It’s twelve o’ clock
- A.m = in the morning
- P.m = in the afternoon
- It’s midnight (12 khuya)
- It’s noon (12 trua)
2. Gio hon (past)
- 8.15 fifteen past eight = quarter
past eight
- 8.20 twenty past eight
- 8.30 thirty past eight = half past
eight
15 = quarter
30 = half
- 8.10 ten past eight
3. Gio kem (to)
- 8.40 (9h kem 20) twenty to
nine
- 8.45 (9 h kem 15) fifteen
(quarter) to nine
- 10.50 ten to eleven
- 1.58 two to two
4.45 = forty-five past four
= fifteen to five
= four forty-five
3.30 = half past three
= three thirty
9.10 = ten past nine
= nine ten
6. 58 = six fifty- eight
DESCRIBING A PERSON
- Face
+ round face
+ long face >< short face
+ big face >< small face
- eye
+ small eyes
+ big eyes
- mouth (mieng)
+ wide mouth/ big mouth
- nose
+ small nose
+ long nose
- hair
+ wavy hair
+ curly hair
+ blond hair = toc vang
+ straight hair = toc thang
+ short hair >< long hair
+ pig tail (con rit)
Curly hair
Wavy hair
DAILY ROUTINES
1. In the morning:
- wake up (thuc day, chua leo
xuong giuong, van con nuong)
- get up (leo xuong giuong)
- brush my teeth
- wash my face
- comb my hair
- shave = cao rau
- go to the rest-room (happy
room) = bath room
- rest room
- pi pi (di tieu) = have a leak
- have breakfast = an sang
- have lunch
- have dinner
- have supper = an khuya
- have a snack
- with instant noodle (mi goi)
- rice
- sticky-rice (xoi)
- bread with egg
- (noodle with fish sauce)
- Fur (long thu)
- Meat
+ dog meat
+ chicken meat
+ pork (thit heo)
+ beef ( thit bo)
- drink
+ milk
+ water
+ tea
+ coffee
+ soya bean milk (sua dau nanh)
1000 one thousand
10K ten thousand
1.500 one thousand five
hundred
