Finding your way

Lesson

From…to/Since…until

Lúc đó/kia

Làm sao đi từ…đến…? = How to go from…to…?
How / to go / from… / to…? 

Từ ở đây đến ở đó bao xa? = How far from here to there?
From / here / to / there / how far? 

Three types of “phải”

Phải = Right/must/correct
Rẽ = Turn

Phải đi thẳng và rẽ phải ở đường thứ 2, sau đó rẽ trái, có phải không?
Must go straight and turn right at the 2nd street, then turn left, is that correct?

Connecting words

Lúc đầu = At first

Và = And

Sau đó = Afterwards

Cuối cùng = Finally

Lúc cuối = At the end

How to get to your house?

Vocabulary

Đường = Street
Trong = In
Hẻm = Alley
Số = Number

Dialogue

– Làm sao đi từ nhà mình đến nhà bạn?

– Từ nhà mình, bạn phải đi thẳng và rẽ phải ở đường thứ 2 sau đó đi thẳng, cuối cùng rẽ ở đường Ký Con , rẽ trong hẻm là đến nhà mình ở số nhà 247.

Note : We say “rẽ phải đường thứ 2” to say “turn right on the 2nd street.”

Practice

EXERCICE

DICTÉE

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– How do you get from here to the hospital?
– You have to go straight and turn right onto Tran Hung Dao Street, then you go straight and it’s the 3rd on the left and there you arrive at the hospital.