{"id":3950,"date":"2025-03-22T17:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2025-03-22T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:13:38","slug":"grammar19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/grammar19\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar19: Expressing thoughts and speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In this lesson, we will learn how to express thoughts (what we are thinking) and speech in Vietnamese.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">When conveying one&#8217;s thoughts or something heard from others, we use specific &#8220;thought and speech-related verbs&#8221; to construct sentences.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What are Thought and Speech-Related Verbs?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In English, when you want to express your own thoughts to someone else, &#8220;I think&#8221; is used at the beginning of sentences. When conveying something heard from others, verbs like &#8220;said&#8221; or &#8220;stated&#8221; are used.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Similarly to Vietnamese, there are specific verbs used to express thoughts and speech.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Commonly Used Thought and Speech-Related Verbs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"material_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #54afd6;\">#<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #54afd6;\">English<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #54afd6;\">Vietnamese<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>think<\/td>\n<td>ngh\u0129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>consider, reflect<\/td>\n<td>suy ng\u1eabm, c\u00e2n nh\u1eafc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>believe<\/td>\n<td>tin, tin t\u01b0\u1edfng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>say<\/td>\n<td>n\u00f3i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>talk, discuss<\/td>\n<td>b\u00e0n t\u00e1n, chuy\u1ec7n tr\u00f2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>insist<\/td>\n<td>kh\u0103ng kh\u0103ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>state, mention<\/td>\n<td>\u0111\u1ec1 c\u1eadp, b\u00e0y t\u1ecf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>hear, be told<\/td>\n<td>nghe n\u00f3i, nghe b\u1ea3o<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Expressing Thoughts and Speech<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Structure:<\/span><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3951\" src=\"https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-160758.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-160758.png 1017w, https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-160758-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/en.dev.vietcafe-learning.com\/material\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-18-160758-768x126.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: solid 4px #f5f5f5; border-radius: 10px; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 20px 20px 5px 20px;\">\n<p><strong>Example Sentences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2460 T\u00f4i <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ngh\u0129<\/span> <\/strong>anh \u1ea5y s\u1ebd \u0111\u1ebfn mu\u1ed9n.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I think he will arrive late.<\/p>\n<p>\u2461 T\u00f4i <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ngh\u0129<\/span><\/strong> s\u1ebfp s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ed3ng \u00fd v\u1edbi k\u1ebf ho\u1ea1ch n\u00e0y.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I think the boss will not agree with this plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2462 T\u00f4i<strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">tin<\/span> <\/strong>c\u00f4 \u1ea5y s\u1ebd th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I believe she will succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2463 Ch\u1ecb \u1ea5y <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">n\u00f3i<\/span> <\/strong>ch\u1ecb \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 ngh\u1ec9 vi\u1ec7c \u1edf c\u00f4ng ty.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 She said she had quit the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u2464 Anh \u1ea5y <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">kh\u0103ng kh\u0103ng<\/span><\/strong> \u00fd ki\u1ebfn c\u1ee7a anh \u1ea5y l\u00e0 \u0111\u00fang.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0He insisted that his opinion was correct.<\/p>\n<p>\u2465 T\u00f4i <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">nghe n\u00f3i<\/span> <\/strong>c\u00f4 \u1ea5y s\u1ebd \u0111i h\u1eb9n h\u00f2 cu\u1ed1i tu\u1ea7n n\u00e0y.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I heard that she will go on a date this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2466 Trong bu\u1ed5i h\u1ecdp, s\u1ebfp \u0111\u00e3 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u0111\u1ec1 c\u1eadp<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> v\u1ec1<\/strong><\/span><\/span> ph\u01b0\u01a1ng ph\u00e1p \u0111\u00e1nh gi\u00e1 nh\u00e2n vi\u00ean.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 During the meeting, the boss mentioned the employee evaluation method.<\/p>\n<p>\u2467 Trong b\u00e0i ph\u00e1t bi\u1ec3u, \u00f4ng H\u00f9ng \u0111\u00e3 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u0111\u1ec1 c\u1eadp<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>v\u1ec1<\/strong><\/span><\/span> v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 m\u00f4i tr\u01b0\u1eddng.<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 In his speech, Mr. H\u00f9ng mentioned environmental issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"f77218ebe968c7dc859a5bfd34a26c48\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; 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