18 Words to Make You Fall in Love with the Vietnamese Language

by Ashley Dougn June 28, 2018

June 28, 2018

Learning Vietnamese is not a speedy process, due to the complexity of its six tones and twelve vowels. But it can be as beautiful as it is challenging. Here are 18 words to persuade you how beautiful, charming, diverse and funny the language can be.

ƠI

Pronounce it like this: Oi

YÊU

Pronounce it like this: Eew

NHỚ

Pronounce it like this: Nho

LỆ

Pronounce it like this: Like “les” in French, with a silent ‘s’

QUÁ

Pronounce it like this: Q-woaa

NHÉ

Pronounce it like this: Nh-eee

ĐI

Pronounce it like this: D (like the letter)

THƯƠNG

Pronounce it like this: Thuong

CHẾT LIỀN

Pronounce it like this: Ch-et lii-en

CƠM MUỐI

Pronounce it like this: Com mu-oi

TRẺ TRÂU

Pronounce it like this: Tr-e tr-ow

ẦU Ơ

Pronounce it like this: Ow er

BÓ TAY

Pronounce it like this: Bo tay

DẠ

Pronounce it like this: Zaaa

THƯƠNG

Pronounce it like this: Th-uong

ẤY

Pronounce it like this: Eiii

DUYÊN

Pronounce it like this: Z-uen

BUÔNG

Pronounce it like this: Buong

18 Words to Make You Fall in Love with the Vietnamese Language

ƠI

YÊU

NHỚ

LỆ

QUÁ

NHÉ

ĐI

THƯƠNG

CHẾT LIỀN

CƠM MUỐI

TRẺ TRÂU

ẦU Ơ

BÓ TAY

DẠ

THƯƠNG

ẤY

DUYÊN

BUÔNG

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