
Vietnamese lesson 2: Consonants
09/19/11 • 15 min
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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 (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 exercise: O, Ô, O, Ơ, Ô, Ô - U (1) and Ư (2) The order you hear should be 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1 Key to the dictation exercise: U, Ư, Ư, U - Y and I Y: i dài I: i ngắn - The final dictation task should be in this order: E,O, A, U, Ă, Ô, Ư, Ơ, Y, Â, Ê, I.
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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 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) mưng (dấu huyền) năm mơi (dấu sắc) Chuc (dấu sắc) mưng (dấu huyền) sinh nhât (dấu nặng) Tuân (dấu huyền) sau găp (dấu nặng) lai (dấu nặng)
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