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40 must-know Vietnamese words

40 Vietnamese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Politeness and small talk, Adverbs, Function words, Connectors and prepositions and translated into English.

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Must-know 40 words

Vietnamese	English
vâng	yes
không	no
cảm ơn	thank you
cảm ơn nhiều	thank you very much
xin chào	helloGreeting on arrival, during the day
chào	hiInformal greeting
tạm biệt	goodbye
hẹn sớm gặp lại	see you soon
hẹn gặp ngày mai	see you tomorrow
không có gì	you are welcomeEveryday use
tôi xin lỗi	sorryApology
được rồi	okay
có lẽ	perhaps
không vấn đề gì	no problem
tôi không hiểu	I do not understand
tôi không biết	I do not know
tôi tên là	my name is
tôi khoẻ	I am fine
chúc một ngày tốt lành	have a good day
chúc ngủ ngon	good nightWhen parting to go to sleep
hôm nay	today
ngày mai	tomorrow
hôm qua	yesterday
bây giờ	now
ở đây	here
nhiều	muchQuantity, with a verb or a noun
rất	veryIntensity, with an adjective or an adverb
cũng	also
luôn luôn	always
không bao giờ	never
đâu	where
khi nào	when
ai	who
và	and
hoặc	or
nhưng	but
với	with
không có	withoutPreposition, followed by a noun or an infinitive
cho	forPreposition, purpose or recipient
trong	in

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What comes after these 40 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 40 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Vietnamese words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Where do these lists come from?: They are the lists of the KoKo app. Each page gives 40 of their words; the full topics, the reviews and the exercises are in the app.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 40 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

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