Re: [LANG] Help

[Tuan V Nguyen <t.nguyen@garvan.unsw.edu.au>]

Hello Bi`nh, Hu`ng et al,


        Supermarket va` department store ddu+o+.c du`ng interchangeably. Hai
chu+~ na`y co' cu`ng nghia~ tho^i. Ca? hai ba'n ddu? thu+' he^'t chu+'
kho^ng rie^ng gi` thu+'c a(n, gia`y de'p qua^`n a'o dda^u. O+? U'c va` Anh
thi` thu+o+`ng du`ng chu+~ supermarket, co`n o+? My~ thi` department store.
Co`n chu+~ assistant thi` nhu+ to^i co' no'i: tu`y la` adjsctive hay la`
noun. Khi la` noun thi` no' co' nghia~ la` "nha^n vie^n phu. ta'"
(employee), co`n khi la` adjective thi` co' nghia~ la` "tro+. vie^.c", do
va^.y trong assistant manager thi` chu+~ assistant la` adjective, co`n trong
research assistant thi` assistant la` danh tu+`. Co`n chu+~a "Teacher
Assistant" la` chu+~ mo+'i ddo^'i vo+'i to^i; tho^ng thu+o+`ng thi` ngu+o+`i
ta go.i la` teaching assistant (chu+' kho^ng pha?i teacher). 

        O^i! tie^'ng A(ng Le^ no' lo^.n xo^.n la('m. Cha(?ng ha.n nhu+ chu+~
Ford va` Oxford thi` la.i ddo.c kha'c nhau, huo^'ng chi la` nghi~a cu?a ca'c
chu+~ co`n phu+'c ta.p ho+n nu+~a :)


        Tua^'n


>	To^i cu~ng kho^ng kha' ve^` tie^'ng Anh la('m, ne^n cu~ng muo^'n
>no'i xen va`o mo^.t ti' -de^? ho.c ho?i the^m.
>	Hai chu*~ ba'c -du*a ra du*o*'i -da^y to^i cu~ng du`ng hoa`i ma`
>cha(~ng -de^? y' la` co' qui ta('c gi` kho^ng :) Department store -du*o*.c
>du`ng khi no'i ve^` nhu*~ng cho^~ ma` o*? nha` mi`nh go.i la` sie^u thi.
>ba'c a. (co`n ca'i supermarket o*? -da^y la` chi? co' ba'n -do^` a(n,
>kho^ng co' a'o qua^`n gia`y de'p). Co`n thi` to^i cu~ng cha(~ng bie^'t
>ta.i sao la.i no'i la` assistant manager, ro^`i la.i teacher assistant :)
>
>PBi`nh