Xin chào,
In today’s lesson, we’ll go over the Vietnamese Alphabet and give you simple word examples to help with pronunciation.
Let’s begin!
| LETTER | SOUND | EXAMPLE |
| A | /a/ | cá (fish) |
| Ă | /ă/ | never stands alone; always part of a word like “ăn” |
| Â | /â/ | never stands alone; used in words like “cần” |
| B | /b/ | ba (father) |
| C | /c/ | cô (female teacher; aunt) |
| D | /d/ | dì (aunt) |
| Đ | /đ/ | đi (go) |
| E | /e/ | xe (vehicles) |
| Ê | /ê/ | lê (pear) |
| G | /g/ | gà (chicken) |
| H | /h/ | ho (cough) |
| I | /i/ | mì (noodle) |
| K | /k/ | ký (kilogram) |
| L | /l/ | ly (glass) |
| M | /m/ | mẹ (mother) |
| N | /n/ | no (full) |
| O | /o/ | chó (dog) |
| Ô | /ô/ | tô (big bowl) |
| Ơ | /ơ/ | phở (pho) |
| P | /p/ | pin (battery) |
| Q | /q/ | never stands alone; always pairs with “u” like in “quà” |
| R | /r/ | rẻ (cheap) |
| S | /s/ | sợ (scare) |
| T | /t/ | tôm (shrimp) |
| U | /u/ | chú (uncle) |
| Ư | /ư/ | thư (letter) |
| V | /v/ | vẽ (draw) |
| X | /x/ | xem (watch) |
| Y | /y/ | tỷ (billion) |
That’s it for today!
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