Vietnamese · KNLTV Bậc 1 (A1) · Chapter 8
Đây là ai?Who is this?
The question word ai (who) — in place, like every Vietnamese question word. Adjectives are predicates with NO "là": Nhà này to (This house [is] big), Bạn tôi rất tốt. Intensify with rất (before the adjective). Vocabulary: ai, to like, to know, to speak, and the adjectives good, beautiful, big, small, new, old. Tone corner: ai (ngang) vs ái, and the tones on the adjectives.
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Đây là ai?— Who Is This?
- NamTom, đây là ai?Tom, who is this?
- TomĐây là chị gái tôi. Chị tôi là đẹp.This is my older sister. My sister is beautiful. (mistake: là before an adjective)
- NamChị tôi đẹp — không có "là" trước tính từ."Chị tôi đẹp" — no "là" before an adjective.
- TomÀ, chị tôi rất đẹp! Và anh trai tôi rất tốt.Ah, my sister is very beautiful! And my older brother is very good.
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Bạn biết ai?— Who Do You Know?
- LinhTom, ai là bạn của Tom?Tom, who is your friend?
- TomNam là bạn tôi. Tôi thích Nam, Nam rất tốt.Nam is my friend. I like Nam, he is very good.
- LinhTom biết nói tiếng Việt không?Do you know how to speak Vietnamese?
- TomTôi biết một ít. Tiếng Việt rất đẹp!I know a little. Vietnamese is very beautiful!
Vocabulary
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- ai
pronounwho
- thích
verbto like
- biết
verbto know
- nói
verbto speak, say
- tốt
adjectivegood
- đẹp
adjectivebeautiful
- to
adjectivebig
- nhỏ
adjectivesmall
- mới
adjectivenew
- cũ
adjectiveold (things)
Grammar
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ai (who) + adjective-as-predicate
Explanation
ai means "who", and like every Vietnamese question word it stays in place: Đây là ai? (đây = subject, ai = predicate). The key point: an adjective predicate needs NO "là". Say Gia đình này to (this family [is] big), NOT Gia đình này là to. "là" is only used before a noun. To intensify, put rất BEFORE the adjective: Bạn tôi rất tốt.
Examples
- Đây là ai?Who is this?
- Gia đình này to.This family is big. (no là before the adjective)
- Bạn tôi rất tốt.My friend is very good.
Script & tones
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Ôn thanh điệu: ai / ái và thanh tính từ— Tone Review: ai / ái and adjective tones
Same sound, different tone:
- aingang (level)who — flat mid-level
- áisắc (rising)love (in compounds) — rising; NOT the question word
Read the adjectives, holding the tone to the end:
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