Exercise 1 - Write the diacritics you hear: huyền, nặng, sắc, ngã, hỏi, nặng, hỏi, sắc, ngã Exercise 2 - Listen and write down the vowels and their accents: ô, ô, ồ, ổ, ỗ, ố, ộ, ồ ơ, ớ, ở, ợ, ờ, ỡ ề, ê, ể, ế, ễ, ệ , ê Steps to pronounce a Vietnamese word. E.g. CHÀO First pronounce the vowel separately then their combination if any. A-O-AO Second, pronounce the consonant or consonant clusters. CH Third, repeat the vowel or vowel combination then articulate both together. AO-CHAO Fourth, add the a...
Oct 07, 2011•14 min
Notes: ngh and gh are pronounced like ng and g respectively. They along with K can only go with i, e, ê and their combinations. K can also go with Y. All accents are placed above a vowel except dấu nặng. It is placed below a vowel. Examples of placing an accent: Sài Gòn, người Việt Nam, đường Exercise: Place the accent in the parentheses in the preceding word. Xin chao (dấu huyền) Cam (dấu sắc) ơn Vui long (dấu huyền)/ lam (dấu huyền) ơn Xin lôi (dấu ngã) Xin chia buôn (dấu huyền) Chuc (dấu sắc)...
Sep 26, 2011•14 min
There are 17 consonants in total in the Vietnamese alphabet. They are B, C, D, Đ, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X For Southerners, we pronounce X and S the same way as xờ. So as to tell them apart when it comes to writing, we use xờ xe for X and xờ sẻ for S. Children are taught to use Bờ for B and Bê for P. From now on, I’ll use B bê for B and B phở for P. Some common phrases: XIN CHAO: hello LAM ƠN/ VUI LONG: please XIN LÔI: sorry/ excuse me CAM ƠN: thank you XIN CHIA BUÔN: condolences CH...
Sep 19, 2011•15 min
There are 29 letters in the Vietnamese alphabet. They are A, Ă, Â, B, C, D, Đ, E, Ê, G, H, I K, L, M ,N, O, Ô, Ơ, P, Q, R, S, T, V, U, Ư, X, Y. - A (1) and its variations- Ă (2), Â (3) The order you hear should be 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2. Key to the dictation task: Ă, Â, A, Â, A, Ă - E (1) and Ê (2) The order you hear should be 1, 1, 1, 2 Key to the dictation exercise: Ê, Ê, E, Ê - O (1) and its variations Ô (2), Ơ (3) The order you hear should be 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1 Key to the dictation exerc...
Sep 09, 2011•16 min
