Vietnamese — top 80 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
Sources: Attested sources — 80 rows · 2 sources · no MT recorded
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| # | Vietnamese | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome | |
| 2 | Hello (General greeting) | |
| 3 | Hello (on phone) | |
| 4 | How are you? | |
| 5 | Reply to 'How are you?' | |
| 6 | Long time no see | |
| 7 | What's your name? | |
| 8 | My name is ... | |
| 9 | Where are you from? | |
| 10 | I'm from ... | |
| 11 | Pleased to meet you | |
| 12 | Good morning (Morning greeting) | |
| 13 | Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) | |
| 14 | Good evening (Evening greeting) | |
| 15 | Good night | |
| 16 | Goodbye (Parting phrases) | |
| 17 | Good luck! | |
| 18 | Cheers! Good Health! | |
| 19 | Bon appetit / Have a nice meal | |
| 20 | Bon voyage / Have a good journey | |
| 21 | I don't know | |
| 22 | Do you understand? | |
| 23 | I understand | |
| 24 | I don't understand | |
| 25 | Please say that again | |
| 26 | Please speak more slowly | |
| 27 | Please write it down | |
| 28 | Do you speak Vietnamese? | |
| 29 | Yes, a little | |
| 30 | How do you say ... in Vietnamese? | |
| 31 | Excuse me | |
| 32 | How much is this? | |
| 33 | Thank you | |
| 34 | Reply to thank you | |
| 35 | Where's the toilet / bathroom? | |
| 36 | Do you come here often? | |
| 37 | I miss you | |
| 38 | I love you | |
| 39 | Go away! | |
| 40 | Quốc Ngữ [Chữ Nôm] | |
| 41 | This film is good, family entertainment. | |
| 42 | This car is perfectly suited to my needs. | |
| 43 | It was early spring, so there weren't many customers. | |
| 44 | Tom was very tired. | |
| 45 | Is he sleeping? | |
| 46 | I bet Tom and Mary were surprised. | |
| 47 | I hate lawyers. | |
| 48 | This red hat corresponds well to her dress. | |
| 49 | Close the curtains. | |
| 50 | This may help you. | |
| 51 | I'm a Jehovah's Witness. | |
| 52 | I'm sorry. | |
| 53 | My sister has been married for three years. | |
| 54 | This room's toilet is dirty. | |
| 55 | There's nothing new in the West. | |
| 56 | It'll take forever to clean up this mess. | |
| 57 | I suddenly got a craving to eat some crisp roast chicken skin. | |
| 58 | I'm in the hospital. | |
| 59 | Today is the twentieth of October. | |
| 60 | You should park your car in a car park. | |
| 61 | Should he see you, he would be surprised. | |
| 62 | Stand at ease! | |
| 63 | Mary doesn't waste time. | |
| 64 | She is eating. | |
| 65 | It's a newspaper like all the others. | |
| 66 | See you again tomorrow. | |
| 67 | He studied hard in order to pass the examination. | |
| 68 | What's your job? | |
| 69 | If you keep on complaining, I will get mad for real. | |
| 70 | I’m sorry I couldn't meet your expectations. | |
| 71 | Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class. | |
| 72 | Please delete this file. | |
| 73 | What kind of oranges do you plant here? | |
| 74 | I could not write a love letter to her. | |
| 75 | I don't know where Tom is going. | |
| 76 | I don't understand how the human brain works. | |
| 77 | What is 6 subtracted from 10? | |
| 78 | Please forget what we talked about earlier. | |
| 79 | This coffee is not hot enough. | |
| 80 | The other girls are jealous of Lily because she is extremely pretty. |