Basic Vietnamese Verbs

Verbs describe movement or action. You’ll need them whenever you want to talk about what you, somebody or something else does, did or wants to do. Essential stuff. Memorize the verbs below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic Vietnamese conversations.

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Important verbs
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Important verbs

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) be	thì là ở	vi-sing_to-be
(to) have	có	vi-sing_to-have
(to) do / (to) make	làm	vi-sing_to-doto-make
can / (to) know how to	có thể	vi-sing_canto-know-how-to
(to) know (how)	hiểu biết	vi-sing_to-know-how
(to) know / (to) be acquainted with	quen biết	vi-sing_to-knowto-be-acquainted-with
(to) understand	hiểu	vi-sing_to-understand
(to) speak / (to) talk	nói	vi-sing_to-speakto-talk
(to) listen to	nghe	vi-sing_to-listen-to
(to) hear	nghe thấy	vi-sing_to-hear
(to) see	thấy	vi-sing_to-see
(to) feel	cảm nhận	vi-sing_to-feel
(to) live	sống	vi-sing_to-live
(to) want	muốn	vi-sing_to-want
(to) need	cần	vi-sing_to-need
(to) like	thích	vi-sing_to-like
(to) love	yêu	vi-sing_to-love
(to) give	cho tặng	vi-sing_to-give
(to) take	lấy dắt	vi-sing_to-take
(to) play	chơi	vi-sing_to-play
(to) laugh	cười giỡn	vi-sing_to-laugh
(to) come	đến	vi-sing_to-come
(to) go	đi	vi-sing_to-go
(to) go by […]	đi qua	vi-sing_to-go-by-
(to) write	viết	vi-sing_to-write
(to) read	đọc	vi-sing_to-read
(to) count	đếm	vi-sing_to-count
(to) pronounce	phát âm	vi-sing_to-pronounce
(to) spell	đánh vần	vi-sing_to-spell
(to) conjugate	giao hop	vi-sing_to-conjugate
(to) remember	ghi nhớ	vi-sing_to-remember
(to) forget	quên	vi-sing_to-forget
(to) eat	ăn	vi-sing_to-eat
(to) try	thử	vi-sing_to-try
(to) use	sử dụng	vi-sing_to-use
(to) open	mở	vi-sing_to-open
(to) close	đóng	vi-sing_to-close
(to) greet / (to) welcome	đón tiếp	vi-sing_to-greetto-welcome
(to) begin	bắt đầu	vi-sing_to-begin
(to) end	kết thúc	vi-sing_to-end

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