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On spelling Vietnamese there is one more language hack I wanted to mention:
since ơ and â are basically longer in shorter versions of the same vowel and so are i and y you will only find ơ and i paired together and â and y paired together. Long plus short and short plus long. […]
Language hack:
Spelling Vietnamese is difficult. It’s difficult because it’s hard to understand and differentiate between vowels and it’s difficult because there are many ways to write the same consonant sound. For example, in the south of Vietnam they pronounce gi, d, and v the same — as y. There are some tricks […]
Here’s a tip for learning foreign languages. To make classes or lessons, even when self-taught, go by much quicker and more easily you should have the vocabulary down. That way when you’re reading something you don’t get caught up trying to either figure out the meaning or look it up. Instead you […]
This is a continuation of learning the Vietnamese vowels system which began with a Vietnamese pronunciation guide with audio samples of the six tones. Diphthongs will be covered later.
Vietnamese is supposed to be a monosyllabic language like Chinese, where the language got a lot of influence. In practice many words are actually more […]
What more effective way is there to learn a language than to have a teacher knowledgeable in the language on hand to tutor you and answer all of your questions. And when learning Vietnamese in Vietnam it’s also quite affordable. Information about language schools for learning Vietnamese while in Hanoi can be hard to find […]
If you’re just learning Vietnamese one of the first problems you will encounter are the six tones (depending on the dialect) especially if you come from English or another language where tone does not change the meaning of a word. I posted previously a utility to practice hearing the different Vietnamese tones but I have […]
When learning a language you need to be used to hearing it spoken as well as practice trying to de-cipher it. What better way to practice than to pair it up with video and in today’s day of ubiquitous YouTube it has become even easier to find examples of any language being spoken. […]
When learning a language you also need to practice reading it. It helps a lot if the subject matter is interesting and often times textbooks are not fun to read. Locally, with the Internet easier to find written examples in any language. Below is a start of a list of the blogs in Vietnamese that […]
Today I stumbled upon what appears to be an actual Vietnamese textbook online written by a Prof. Dr. Mai Ngoc Chu, a linguist who teaches Vietnamese and linguistics at Vietnam National University in Hanoi and also in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the University of Malaya. I’m still searching for the title of actual book […]
One of the first and most important tasks when learning the Vietnamese language are the six vowel tones. It can be very difficult to distinguish similar tones from each other especially when you hear conflicting examples from different source materials as well as tones being pronounced differently by individual speakers. That’s why I’ve […]