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Contents of FSI Vietnamese 1

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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: là		14
II Stative Verbals		15
III Questions: (có) - 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 + gì ~ 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 dó 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

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