Vietnamese · KNLTV Bậc 1 (A1) · Chapter 12
Tôi có hai con mèoI have two cats
To count or specify a noun, Vietnamese needs a CLASSIFIER: hai con mèo (con = animals), một cái bàn (cái = things), ba người bạn (người = people). Other classifiers: quyển (books), chiếc (vehicles/items), quả (fruit/round), cây (trees/sticks). Structure: NUMBER + classifier + noun. New words: con, cái, quyển, chiếc, mèo, chó, sách, bàn, ghế, quả, cây. Tone corner: classifier + noun tone strings.
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Bạn có mấy con mèo?— How Many Cats?
- NamTom, bạn có mấy con mèo?Tom, how many cats do you have?
- TomTôi có hai mèo.I have two cats. (slip: animals need the classifier "con" — hai con mèo)
- Nam"Hai con mèo" nhé. Con vật cần loại từ "con".It's "hai con mèo". Animals need the classifier "con".
- TomÀ, hai con mèo! Và một con chó.Oh, two cats! And one dog.
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Quyển hay cái?— Quyển or Cái?
- LinhBạn có mấy quyển sách?How many books do you have?
- TomTôi có ba cái sách.I have three books. (slip: books take "quyển", not the default "cái" — ba quyển sách)
- Linh"Ba quyển sách" nhé. Sách dùng "quyển", không phải "cái".It's "ba quyển sách". Books use "quyển", not "cái".
- TomÀ, ba quyển sách! Và hai cái bàn.Oh, three books! And two tables.
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- con
classifier(classifier: animals)
- cái
classifier(classifier: things)
- quyển
classifier(classifier: books)
- chiếc
classifier(classifier: vehicles/items)
- mèo
nouncat
- chó
noundog
- sách
nounbook
- bàn
nountable
- ghế
nounchair
- quả
classifier(classifier: fruit/round)
- cây
classifier(classifier: trees/sticks)
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Classifiers: number + classifier + noun
Explanation
When you count or point to a specific noun, you don't say "number + noun" directly — you need a CLASSIFIER in between: NUMBER + CLASSIFIER + NOUN. con is for animals: hai con mèo, ba con chó. cái is the default for things: một cái bàn, hai cái ghế. người is for people: ba người bạn. Books take quyển: hai quyển sách. Choosing the right classifier is the key skill here.
Examples
- Tôi có hai con mèo.I have two cats.
- Một cái bàn và bốn cái ghế.One table and four chairs.
- Tôi có ba quyển sách.I have three books.
- Bạn có mấy con chó? — Hai con.How many dogs do you have? — Two.
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Ôn thanh điệu: chuỗi loại từ + danh từ— Tone Review: classifier + noun strings
Counting strings and their tones:
- hai con mèongang · ngang · huyềntwo cats
- ba quyển sáchngang · hỏi · sắcthree books
- một cái bànnặng · sắc · huyềnone table
Read aloud, keeping each tone clear:
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