| There are some words in Vietnamese that we can just put before or after a word |
| to change the meaning of the word or to change the word form. |
| We call tiền tố and hậu tố. |
| In this video today, I'm going to introduce to you some prefixation and suffixations in Vietnamese |
| so that you know how to use them in sentences. |
| Hello everyone, my name is Linh. |
| Welcome back to vietnamespod101.com. |
| The fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Vietnamese. |
| And let's get started. |
| First one, let's talk about tiền tố, prefixation. |
| The first word that I'm going to introduce to you is nhà. |
| Nhà. |
| What does it mean? Do you remember? |
| Nhà. |
| It means house, right? |
| But in this situation, it means a person doing something |
| or a person specializes in some specific field. |
| For example, |
| Văn means literature. |
| So nhà văn means a writer or an author. |
| Nhà văn, a person who writes. |
| Nhà văn, okay? |
| So nhà is a tiền tố. |
| For example, |
| Nguyễn Nhật Ánh is a very famous writer in Vietnam. |
| Or Nguyễn Nhật Ánh is a very famous Vietnamese writer. |
| Nhoa học means science. |
| So nhà khoa học means scientist. |
| Nhà khoa học, the person who does or who works in science. |
| That means Phạm Tuân is a pilot, a scientist of Vietnam. |
| Also, we got the word phi, phi công. |
| Phi here means to fly. |
| So when we put phi before a word, |
| it means something related to flying. |
| For example, phi công is a pilot. |
| Công is like an employee, phi công. |
| Another one is phi tiêu, phi tiêu. |
| Next one, we got |
| Kinh tế means economy and |
| nhà kinh tế means economist. |
| Các nhà kinh tế đã giữ báo suy thoái ở Việt Nam. |
| That means economists have forecast a recession in Vietnam. |
| Suy thoái means a recession. |
| And the last one, we got |
| means a journalist. |
| Rất nhiều nhà báo hiện nay muốn câu view bằng cách viết về scandal. |
| That means a lot of writers nowadays want to get better views by writing about scandals. |
| In Vietnamese, we don't really say scandal. |
| We say skang dan, skang dan, skang dan. |
| That is a Vietnamese accent. |
| Alright, a second prefixation that I want to introduce to you is |
| So we use sư and việc before the verb to turn the word into a noun. |
| For example, |
| Phát triển is developed and |
| sự phát triển is the development. |
| Next one, we got |
| Thay đổi means change and |
| sự thay đổi means a change. |
| For example, |
| Next one, we got |
| Sự vắng mặt means absence. |
| Sự vắng mặt của cô ấy là một thiếu sót lớn. |
| Sự chuẩn bị |
| Preparation |
| Chúng tôi rất vui với sự chuẩn bị chu đáo của các bạn. |
| We're very happy with your careful preparation. |
| Việc đi lại |
| Đi lại means to travel or to commute. |
| Việc đi lại is like transportation. |
| Việc đi lại hay giao thông ở Việt Nam rất hỗn loạn. |
| Sự tiếp xúc |
| means like communicating or contacting. |
| Tiếp xúc means like in contact with someone. |
| Sự tiếp xúc, communicating. |
| For example, |
| Sự tiếp xúc với những người thành công là một điều cần thiết. |
| It means the contacting with successful people is a necessary thing. |
| Việc giới thiệu |
| Giới thiệu này đã đem lại hiệu quả lớn. |
| It means this introduction has had a great effect. |
| Việc kiểm tra |
| Việc kiểm tra means control or examination in sentence. |
| Việc kiểm tra cần phải thực hiện rất sát sao. |
| means the examination has to be done very closely. |
| Việc tổ chức |
| Tổ chức means organization. |
| Việc tổ chức hội nghị này cần phải được tính toán kỹ lưỡng. |
| Cuộc hợp |
| For example, |
| Cuộc hợp is a meeting. |
| Cuộc nói chuyện is a conversation. |
| Cuộc vui is an amusement. |
| In Vietnamese we usually say |
| Cuộc vui nào cũng đến hồi kết. |
| It means every amusement or every party will come to an end. |
| Cuộc vui nào cũng đến hồi kết. |
| Cuộc sống is life. |
| Cuộc sống is like a compound word. |
| Cuộc sống is life. |
| Cuộc ly hôn is a divorce. |
| Cuộc tình is a love. |
| Cuộc gặp gỡ is a meeting. |
| Chưởng and Cả |
| Chưởng and Cả are words that indicate a person who is in charge or who leads something or someone or a department. |
| Hiệu trưởng is the school principal. |
| Bộ trưởng is the minister. |
| Anh Cả is the first child. |
| Chị Cả is the first daughter. |
| Nhóm trưởng is the team leader. |
| Viên is a member of an organization. |
| Viên here means a member of an organization or like a group of people. |
| For example, we got chuyên viên. |
| Chuyên viên is like a specialist, someone specializing in some specific fields. |
| Another one we got nhân viên. |
| Nhân viên is like an employee or like a staff member. |
| Next one we got đảng viên. |
| Đảng viên is like a party member. |
| For example, my dad is a party member. |
| Bố tôi là đảng viên. |
| We got thuyền viên. |
| Thuyền is like a boat. |
| Thuyền viên means a sailor. |
| And the last one is not relevant but thịt viên. |
| Thịt viên is like a meatball. |
| Thịt viên is just not relevant. |
| That's it for today guys. |
| Tiền tố and hậu tố. |
| Don't forget to practice your Vietnamese, make sentences and leave a comment below if you have any questions for me |
| and if you got any topics that you want to suggest for the next video. |
| Don't forget to like this video, subscribe the channel and visit the website VietnamesePod101.com to get access to your free lifetime account right now |
| and get your real lessons by real teachers. |
| I'll see you in the next one. |
| Xin chào và hẹn gặp lại các bạn! |
Comments
Hide