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Contents of Vietnamese 1

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Contents for:   Vietnamese 2


Preface   iii
     
PART ONE: Guide To Pronunciation    
Introduction   ix
Initial Consonants   xi
Vowels   xi
Tones   xvii
Initial Consonants (continued)   xxv
Tone Sequence Drills   xxxii
Final Consonants: Nasals   xl
Vowels (continued )   xlii
Final Consonants: Stops   xliii
Final Consonants: Coarticulated Nasals and Stops   xlv
Dipthongs   xlvii
Supplementary Tone Sequence Drills   liii
     
PART TWO: Lessons 1 Through 10    
Introduction   lxiii
Procedures   xliv
Tapes   lxvii
Special Symbols   lxviii
     
LESSON 1    
Basic Dialogue   1
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   2
Grammar Notes   3
    I Action Verbals: đi and lại   3
    II cũng 'too'   3
Drills   4
Supplement   9
Exercises   11
     
LESSON 2    
Basic Dialogue   12
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   14
Grammar Notes   14
    I Copula:   14
    II Stative Verbals   15
    III Questions: () - không with Stative Verbals   15
    IV Questions: phải không   16
    V Modification of Nominals   17
Drills   17
Supplement   34
Exercises   38
     
LESSON 3    
Basic Dialogue   33
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   41
Grammar Notes   41
    I Nationalities and Languages   41
    II Action Verbal + Time Word   42
    III mới 'just'   42
Drills   42
Supplement   37
Exercises   59
     
LESSON 4    
Basic Dialogue   60
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   62
Grammar Notes   62
    I More about đi 'go'   62
    II không Questions   63
    III chưa and rồi   63
    IV Telling Time   64
    V Time Expressions + Verbal   64
    VI Negative of Verbals   65
    VII còn - nữa   65
Drills   66
Supplement   87
Exercises   90
     
LESSON 5    
Basic Dialogue   92
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   94
Grammar Notes   95
    I More on Telling Time   95
    II Commands and Requests   96
    III sắp   96
    IV nên 'therefore', 'so'   96
Drills   97
Supplement   115
Exercises   119
     
LESSON 6    
Basic Dialogue   121
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   124
Grammar Notes   125
    I muốn   125
    II dịnh   125
    III với and bằng   125
    IV Sentence Particles: chớ and đi   126
    V được   127
    VI Time Expressions: một giờ nữa   129
Drills   130
Supplement   157
Exercises   161
     
LESSON 7    
Basic Dialogue   164
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   166
Grammar Notes   166
    I Counters   166
    II cứ   168
    III More on Numbers: trăm and chục   168
    IV Nominal + ~ Nominal + nào   170
    V Indefinites   171
    VI Comparison of Two Items   172
Drills   172
Supplement   197
Exercises   200
     
LESSON 8    
Basic Dialogue   203
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   205
Grammar Notes   205
    I More About cũng and nữa   205
    II cho 'give'   206
    III More About Numbers: ngàn and Abbreviated Numbers   207
Drills   208
Supplement   225
Exercises   232
     
LESSON 9    
Basic Dialogue   234
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   236
Grammar Notes   236
    I and nầy Following Nominals   236
    II 'Have [you] ever ---- ?'   237
    III Verbal Modifiers of Nominals   238
    IV Verbal + thử   238
    V Impersonal Verbs   239
    VI Interrogative Words + cũng   239
    VII Superlative Degree   240
    VIII thì   240
Drills   241
Supplement   263
Exercises   269
     
LESSON 10    
Basic Dialogue   272
Notes on the Basic Dialogue   274
Grammar Notes   275
    I giùm   275
    II dược không?   275
    III thêm or lại   276
    IV Approximate Numbers   276
Drills   277
Supplement   300
Exercises   305
     
Glossary   308
     
Picture Plates   321