Archaic and Classical Words

Từ Cổ

About this concept

Classical Vietnamese vocabulary: old Sino-Vietnamese readings, literary archaisms, words preserved in proverbs and poetry but rare in modern speech.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level C2.

thiếp (archaic: I-female)I (female, literary)

chàng (archaic: he/you-male)he/you (male, literary)

nàng (archaic: she/you-female)she/you (female, literary)

huynh (archaic: older brother)older brother (classical)

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