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Vietnamese lesson 2: Consonants Vietnamese for Everybody's Podcast

    • Language Learning

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 for B and Bê for P.
From now on, I’ll use B bê for B and B phở for P.

Some common phrases:
XIN CHAO: hello

LAM ƠN/ VUI LONG: please

XIN LÔI: sorry/ excuse me

CAM ƠN: thank you

XIN CHIA BUÔN: condolences

CHUC MƯNG SINH NHÂT: happy birthday

CHUC MƯNG NĂM MƠI: happy new year

TUÂN SAU GĂP LAI: see you next week

As for how to say these phrases, come and listen to me on the next episodes.

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 for B and Bê for P.
From now on, I’ll use B bê for B and B phở for P.

Some common phrases:
XIN CHAO: hello

LAM ƠN/ VUI LONG: please

XIN LÔI: sorry/ excuse me

CAM ƠN: thank you

XIN CHIA BUÔN: condolences

CHUC MƯNG SINH NHÂT: happy birthday

CHUC MƯNG NĂM MƠI: happy new year

TUÂN SAU GĂP LAI: see you next week

As for how to say these phrases, come and listen to me on the next episodes.

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