Vietnamese · KNLTV Bậc 1 (A1) · Chapter 11
Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?How old are you?
Numbers from 11 to 100: mười một, hai mươi, ba mươi… and "tuổi" for age. Age is stated directly, with NO "là": Tôi hai mươi tuổi. Note the sandhi: 1 → "mốt" after a ten (hai mươi mốt), 5 → "lăm" (hai mươi lăm). New words: hundred, thousand, half, first, last, time, order. Tone corner: number sandhi (mốt, lăm, mươi).
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Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?— How Old Are You?
- NamTom, bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?Tom, how old are you?
- TomTôi hai mươi một tuổi.I'm twenty-one. (slip: 21 is "hai mươi mốt" — after a ten, 1 becomes "mốt", not "một")
- Nam"Hai mươi mốt" nhé. Sau hàng chục, số 1 thành "mốt".It's "hai mươi mốt". After a ten, 1 becomes "mốt".
- TomÀ, hai mươi mốt tuổi! Cảm ơn Nam.Oh, twenty-one! Thanks, Nam.
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Năm hay lăm?— Năm or Lăm?
- LinhBố bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?How old is your dad?
- TomBố tôi bốn mươi năm tuổi.My dad is forty-five. (slip: 45 is "bốn mươi lăm" — after a ten, 5 becomes "lăm", not "năm")
- Linh"Bốn mươi lăm" nhé. Số 5 thành "lăm" sau hàng chục.It's "bốn mươi lăm". 5 becomes "lăm" after a ten.
- TomÀ! Bốn mươi lăm tuổi. Mẹ tôi bốn mươi hai.Oh! Forty-five. My mom is forty-two.
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- mười một
numeraleleven
- hai mươi
numeraltwenty
- ba mươi
numeralthirty
- trăm
numeralhundred
- nghìn
numeralthousand
- tuổi
nounyears old, age
- nửa
nounhalf
- đầu tiên
adjectivefirst
- cuối
adjectivelast
- lần
nountime, turn
- thứ
nounorder, rank
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Numbers 11–100 and "tuổi" (age)
Explanation
Tens use "mươi": hai mươi (20), ba mươi (30). Add a unit: hai mươi mốt (21) — 1 becomes "mốt"; hai mươi lăm (25) — 5 becomes "lăm". Hundreds: một trăm (100); thousands: một nghìn (1000). To say age, say it bare — NO "là" and NO verb: Tôi hai mươi tuổi (not "Tôi là hai mươi tuổi"). Ask: Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi?
Examples
- Bạn bao nhiêu tuổi? — Tôi hai mươi tuổi.How old are you? — I'm twenty.
- Em gái tôi mười lăm tuổi.My younger sister is fifteen.
- Anh trai tôi hai mươi mốt tuổi.My older brother is twenty-one.
- Bố tôi năm mươi tuổi.My dad is fifty.
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Ôn thanh điệu: biến âm số (mốt, lăm)— Tone Review: number sandhi (mốt, lăm)
The sandhi forms and their tones:
- một → mốtnặng → sắc1 after a ten: hai mươi mốt (21)
- năm → lămngang → ngang5 after a ten: hai mươi lăm (25)
- mười → mươihuyền → ngang10 inside a compound: hai mươi (20)
Read aloud, keeping the right tone:
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