Episodes
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Vietnamese Lesson 6- Cardinal & Ordinal Numbers; Dates
Ex1: Write these numbers in Vietnamese 5325 Năm ngàn ba trăm hai mươi lăm 69999 Sáu mươi chín ngàn chín trăm chín mươi chín 123021 Một trăm hai mươi ba ngàn không trăm hai mươi mốt 404404 Bốn trăm lẻ bốn ngàn bốn trăm lẻ bốn Ex2: These are the numbers you heard. 272220 120556 385724 Note: In…
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Vietnamese Lesson 5: Cardinal Numbers
A number is a số. A digit is a chữ số. Cardinal number: số đếm An example of the order in which I say a number is One- một- M-Ô-T-NẶNG- Ô-T-ÔT-M-ÔT-MÔT-NẶNG-MỘT- một The two phone numbers you heard should be 0903195763 0935647717 Ex 1: Express the numbers you hear in Vietnamese: 32 ba mươi hai 52...
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Vietnamese Lesson 4: Accents and How to Say a Vietnamese Word
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...
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Vietnamese Lesson 3: Combinations of Consonants- Accents
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...
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Vietnamese lesson 2: Consonants
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…
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LESSON 1: Vietnamese Vowels
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…
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