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100 essential Vietnamese verbs

100 Vietnamese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Core verbs and translated into English.

Core verbs 100 words

Vietnamese	English
nói	to say
đọc	to read
cười	to laugh
giết	to kill
thấy	to see
là	to be
giúp	to help
đi	to go
có	to have
tạo ra	to create
làm	to do
hoàn thành	to finish
chơi	to play
trả tiền	to pay
cầm	to hold
kéo	to pull
đến	to come
sống	to live
tin	to believe
phải	to have to
cho	to give
vào	to enter
thắng	to win
giữ	to keep
ăn	to eat
đặt	to put
đi lên	to go up
chết	to die
mở	to open
nói chuyện	to speak
rời đi	to leave
đi qua	to pass
nghĩ	to think
đánh mất	to lose
mang	to carryHave on you, carry around
trả lại	to give back
ở lại	to stayNot change place or state
biết	to knowHave a piece of information or a skill
phục vụ	to serve
ra ngoài	to go out
đi theo	to follow
ngã	to fall
bán	to sell
viết	to write
tránh	to avoid
mua	to buy
thêm	to add
gọi	to call
đến nơi	to arrive
dừng	to stop
thay đổi	to change
chọn	to choose
đếm	to countWork out how many there are
trở thành	to becomeChange from one state to another
gửi	to send
thử	to try
để lại	to leave behind
cho xem	to show
đạt được	to obtain
quên	to forget
có thể	to be able to
lấy	to take
về nhà	to go home
quay lại	to come back
mỉm cười	to smile
tìm thấy	to find
muốn	to want
lắng nghe	to listen
chờ	to waitBe patient, let time pass
tìm	to look for
hỏi	to ask
bênh vực	to defend
ngăn cản	to prevent
nghe	to hear
chia sẻ	to share
bảo vệ	to protect
chuẩn bị	to prepare
nhận	to receive
xem	to watch
trả lời	to answer
sử dụng	to use
học	to learn
đạt tới	to reach
bắt đầu	to start
quen biết	to be familiar withBe familiar with someone or something
tiếp tục	to continue
giải thích	to explain
cho phép	to allow
gia nhập	to join
tìm lại	to find again
hiểu	to understand
khuyên	to advise
xây dựng	to build
gặp	to meet
làm việc	to work
tự hỏi	to wonder
nhớ lại	to recall
nhớ	to remember
yêu	to love
uống	to drink

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What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 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 100 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 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

100 essential Vietnamese verbs

Core verbs 100 words

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