Vietnamese Pronunciation: How to pronounce all initial consonants

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[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

If you found this video useful, you will also like our 16-part, comprehensive video guide to Southern Vietnamese pronunciation. This is freely available to anyone who purchases our book, Southern Vietnamese for Beginners. Click the link to view the book: www.amazon.com/Southern-Vietnamese-Beginners-Anh-Bui-ebook/dp/B08CKM1NS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1WWFWZIWLWAJX&dchild=1&keywords=southern+vietnamese+for+beginners&qid=1595582247&sprefix=southern+viet%2Caps%2C499&sr=8-2

[@Cobrax_x]

I'm just a 13-year-old boy who has a vietnamese friend. You should know that you're not only helping university students and adults, but also young children.

[@justanotheruser2611]

Try singing some Vietnamese karaoke songs, they are a good practice tool for your Vietnamese

[@cakiepop2038]

MingMing Su He is a child. Don’t talk about those kinds of things with him. It’s very inappropriate.

[@sqda]

How is your vietnamese now?

[@howtoliveonearthYT]

Now you're a 19 year old man.

[@UndeadP]

I know you’re older now, but I’m a 13 year old girl learning viet :3

[@bluefirex24]

Currently my main motivation to learning Vietnamese is so that I can read and pronounce the words. I go to a Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery and 85% of everything there is written in Vietnamese. Thank you a bunch for giving out your free videos :)

[@thomaskn1012]

Hi Annie. Are you a professor of language? Your knowledge is impressive and your videos are very well done and highly structured and organized.

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Hi, I am not. I am just a linguistic student. :) Thank you for your compliment :D

[@ExcelMandarin]

@@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie As A fellow linguistics student and teacher of modern language (Mandarin) I really appreciate the quality and structure of your video Annie. This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@leandrobayonito]

@@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie Love the tones. I would learn a lot coming from the native speakers.

[@yunakitty2]

Thank you for these. I am having a lot of trouble learning even the simplest things in Vietnamese. I like that your videos explain the very basic things that I need to understand to really start learning. My boyfriend speaks perfect English, but when he's with his family they speak nothing but Vietnamese, and I don't want to be the only one left out of the conversation! So I'm trying to learn. I have a long way to go, but it looks like you have a lot of videos for me to learn from! Thanks!

[@anhtranngoc3559]

hi! :) Do you need a Vietnamese teacher? I also want to practice my English. :D Where do u live now ?

[@yunakitty2]

I live in Nevada! Yes, I would love someone to practice with. I am too embarrassed to do it with my boyfriend.

[@anhtranngoc3559]

Oh! So his family also live in Nevada. :D i just think now you are living in VN

[@dwaejitokki4805]

I'm in the same boat!

[@IsaacYongMusic]

I am trying to learn Vietnamese to surprise my fans, it was so confusing at first until I watch your videos. Thanks Annie!

[@natsukilovestobake4427]

Isaac Yong 楊征宇 Good luck! I’m not trying to learn Vietnamese but I find tonal languages to be quite interesting!

[@IsaacYongMusic]

Natsuki Loves to Bake Indeed! I find it incredibly amusing too to learn tonal languages outside of my mother tongue Mandarin Chinese, I’ve never felt the difficulty of doing that until I learn another tonal language!

[@monkeytime9851]

I found this a decade later. It is still very helpful. I played it a bunch of times from 3:46 to try to learn the consonants.

[@greyno7030]

same lmao

[@cuddledog142]

Yeah this is the best video I can find for southern Vietnamese lol

[@hinahanta]

I have been studying Vietnamese for about a year now, and these are are the best videos for learning Vietnamese. I first came to Ho Chi Minh City in 2010 and fell in love with Vietnam, travel there every year with hopes to start teaching English soon. Thanks for the leasons.

[@larrylenard4284]

David, can we talk?

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

When I teach privately, I usually teach the accent that is closest to the writing first, then I will tell my students how sounds changes in the South, so they could understand people in reality, as they all live in Saigon. Hope it helps.

[@smood137]

Andrew Nguyen you'll never be happy if your giving out like that, it's free, easy to understand, all in all it's excellently presented.

[@JungleJoeVN]

So nice. I have been living in Vietnam for 10 years and it is not easy to match the sounds and spellings, This is a very utilitarian video, great job Annie.

[@kkent4174]

Thank you my fiancee is Vietnamese. I am close with her family. I told her mother I love her in Viet today! 🙏

[@Laggie74]

I'm so glad I found this channel. The best ever for learning Vietnamese with southern accent!

[@pulkitjb]

You are fabulous , I was so scared how will i learn the language . You made it so easy . Thank you . You are the only one educating people not for money . God bless you . :)

[@NielsOle]

Thank you! I think I'll enjoy watching this video over and over again.

[@LTHBful]

Ciao Chi, I am Vietnamese American. Born and raised by refugee parents. I am 27 years old now and I understand Viet, but have difficulty pronouncing words that I don't use daily due to speaking English majority of my life. Your video has helped a lot with just 5 minutes in. Thank you :D

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

@Chimlele1 & Sohn Shin: In my opinion, when we talk about Southern dialect, we should make clear that which accent we choose to represent for it. You are right that Tr/Ch, S/X can be pronounced differently in some parts of the South (for example, Mekong delta area), but if we choose Saigon accent to be the representative one, then these two pairs should be pronounced identically. As a Saigoner, I pronounce them identically. Therefore, I think what I presented in the video still makes sense :)

[@fabianpe0199]

So are you saying that the Saigon accent is closer to the northern accent when it comes to these sounds?

[@podxtbassist]

Xin chào, rất vui được gặp chị! I'm a Japanese and since I've been to Vietnam, I started to learn Vietnamese. Since it once used Chinese characters, I can guess many words' meanings with the knowledge of Japanese language. Grammar is not so difficult, but to pronounce it clearly is very difficult... Thank you for uploading movies, they are very useful for me!

[@skydrummer1366]

This is a very good video. It’s so clear and easy to understand compared to other videos. I can’t wait to learn more. :) Thanks, Annie. You’re the best online Vietnamese teacher

[@klu64]

This video saves my life, it is really helpful, with the southern accent, it is wonderful. Thanks a lot for these pronunciation's videos you are the only source for learning southern accent I found on the internet. Keep going :)

[@picard-xw3km]

I'm a relative late-comer to this channel, but I found this video to be very helpful. This is a brilliant channel. Thank you Annie.

[@alfredferrarini6781]

Hi yes this will be very helpful for me as I am a practicing Buddhist at a Mahayana temple and we do chanting and Vietnamese and it is very helpful to watch this video so I can learn more and be able to understand how to pronounce thank you

[@brucekivi]

Thank you very much Annie. Pronunciation in Vietnamese has always been a challenge for me. I tell people that I am able to read and write the language much more easily than I can speak it or understand listening to it. This is quite the opposite of Chinese, which to me is relatively easy to speak, but impossible to read when using Chinese characters. When I traveled to Vietnam before my friends were both from the north and the south, so what I did learn to speak was often a mixture of the two accents. My friends and I were all very patient though, and we managed to get along very well, even when communication was a challenge. I also teach a little English informally online. If you have any questions about English, feel free to ask me. Thanks again for your videos. They are very helpful to me and I'm sure to others too.

[@hienhsaiyasith1972]

good lesson. Thank you so much for sharing. My wife is learning Vietnamese. Your video helps her a lot. Thank you again!

[@markwitzmann8187]

Hi Annie. I am returning to Vietnam soon and am determined to learn the language this time. Your videos are awesome!! Thank you. Now I need to watch this a few more times and make some notes 😃

[@bernicepena]

Thank you Annie!!! Don't stop your videos!!

[@cutoffslim2003]

Thank you soooooo much for these videos!! They're helping me a lot with learning your language! I wanna speak it because my girlfriend's parents can't speak English. You're amazing and I hope you keep this going!

[@juanioalatorre8469]

I have watched this video and it has helped me with learning vietnamese , i am very grateful for your work annie! Thank you !

[@alexginnis]

Hi Annie! Thank-you for your wonderful video on Vietnamese pronunciation. I am a language teacher living in Japan and am interested in learning Vietnamese. I would recommend leaving a little space after each sound so that listeners can have a chance to listen and repeat after you. It`s good practice :) Keep up the great work! Your videos are very motivating for learning!

[@小鱼-e4b]

alexginnis hello i am from vietnam

[@thamermahdi74]

Annie … you are doing great job by posting this helpful lessons

[@mowplsu]

Thank you for such a clear explanation, and such a good video! I'll watch again and again!

[@ewchock]

easy for me to master vietnamese language because i am a chinese...i find that many words are borrowed from chinese various dialects like hakka, hokkien, cantonese.....my wife is from hanoi, we speak chinese, malay & little bit vietnamese but thanks to you also now i too can understand the southern diadlects....

[@hnguyen9640]

Very detailed and useful. Well done, girl ! Wait for your next episode.

[@Kari166]

Thank you so much for this! One of the best videos for learning Vietnamese. I like how you compare some of the sounds to ones in English, and explain things when pronouncing the different syllables/consonants, such as having the air flow through your throat, or lifting the tongue so it touches the roof of your mouth, etc. I don't see that on many other videos so I really appreciate it! I will definitely be watching more of your videos so I can learn better. *^_____^*

[@KennethSymicek]

I love this. I understand you and can follow you completely. Thank you.

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Chào chị! I guess it is a little easier for Koreans and Japanese to study Vietnamese vocabulary, as we borrowed many words from Chinese. But pronunciation is tough :( I'm study Korean and I always add tones when I pronounce Korean words :)) Keep it up my girl! :)

[@lenadoan9872]

Yeah some people think it's Chinese

[@hiutale]

Thank you Annie! Your sweet and calm nature is pleasant to see. Thus your videos are easy to follow. Keep them up. :)

[@alci720]

wow,..you've ben teaching for a long time!

[@vulkanosaure]

annie, you rock ! i start learning vietnamese for the second time (after a not really successful try 2 years ago), i am in vietnam for 6 month now, and i didn't know where to start, your videos seems like the perfect start. I know how extremely important mastering the pronouncation is, so i will focus on that. May i give you just a little english tip, instead of saying "it's the same with ...", you should say "it's the same as ..." (but your english is very good overall :)

[@김영준-i1u4z]

This is the best vietmamese lecture. Xin cảm ơn.

[@samuellee9837]

Hi Annie your knowledge is so impressive and your so nice and very good on teaching 😊😊 from Philippines

[@CoryPMcD]

You have done a fantastic job with this video, extremely helpful. Vietnamese has been a difficult language to learn, but you are really helping me understand! Great job, I plan to continue learning :)

[@benjewett8067]

Excellent video. I am going to watch the entire series!

[@julia72ify]

Annie, that was an awesome video and very helpful. Thank you so much for these videos. I plan on watching them all.

[@BlackIcexxi]

Annie, you are the best! Thank you for making these.

[@athenatruong]

it's cool to know vietnamese is on KZbin ;) goodluck to you and your work ;)

[@thuypham7671]

Thank God! I'm native Vietnamese speaker, this is first time I've watched a video like this and I just feel Vietnamese are very complicated.

[@CamilleGG451]

Thank you Annie!! This is SUPER helpful! Just trying to start learning Vietnamese and I know I've got a challenge ahead of me!! Learning English must be very difficult though because of all of our crazy exceptions and strange pronunciation rules! 🤯

[@JesusChristTheOne]

Did you learn it?

[@frobinson6876]

Fantastic video! I'm really impressed. Your explanations are crystal clear!

[@hakuna_2510]

Chị dạy kĩ quá trời luôn Người nước ngoài thích lắm ^^

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Yes. For example, "du lịch" is a two-syllable word. The point is that all syllables are writtten as seperate words (there is always a blank between 2 syllables). This feature is different from English. (be-tween, res-pon-si-bi-li-ty).

[@Franciscoluche]

* Xin chao em ! You're my best Vietnamese teacher EVER !!! Easy to understand and practice. Cam on em nhe ! ;) * (ps: I shared your video on FB & subscribed your channel!)

[@molly137511]

Thank you so much! I enjoy learning with you. You are easy to understand.

[@christianschomers2619]

Thank you for the wonderful video. Very clear explanation and fun to watch and listen. Inspiring.

[@LoveLove-zo8hp]

Thank you Annie!!! LOVE ANNIE SO MUCH!!!❤️🇻🇳❤️

[@Sheepsmating666]

Very good video. Thank you for helping me with Vietnamese!

[@nqnguyen2008]

Cute dog. Looks like my chihuahua mix pumeramian. I probably said the “pumeramian” wrong. The dog looks like mine except, mine has brown, white hair ^_^

[@hayman79]

This was very detailed and useful for Western learner like myself - thanks a lot!

[@MusLee86]

Hi Annie, I try to learn Vietnamese language quite a long time, but mostly I wrongly pronounce. I just seen your videos and I can understand better compared to the the website which I refer to. I try to understand how to pronounce the right word even with different letter. Your language is very unique and I love it. From today onward I will watch your fantastic videos. Thank you Annie, is a great help and you don't mind if I ask you anything that I didn't understand. Mus....

[@heknows777]

Cam on nhieu lam em Annie! That was great and helpful videos! Keep it up!

[@davidgrundy19]

Really good. I love the pace of your explanations - not too fast and not too slow, but just right. You don't mention anything about the Northern accent.

[@6tautstrings]

Hi Annie, I have just found your videos on KZbin and wanted to tell you that you have a very nice teaching style, I want to learn Vietnamese for a 'special' someone, so I will persevere with the use of your teachings, I like your videos very much. Oh, nice English pronunciation too :)

[@lebui8015]

+Paul Murphy Hi Paul, My name is Lệ, I'm Vietnamese and live in Ho Chi Minh city. Do you want to learn Vietnamese? I can teach you freely. My skype: jasmine_bee_09

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Chào em :) Chị rất vui vì em đã xem và tham khảo những điều chị dạy trong video. Hy vọng em sẽ tiếp tục ủng hộ chị :D

[@timoun5]

One of the best video to learn vietnamese!

[@seagullbaymedia7185]

Having the english equivalents really helped. Such a good lesson here!

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Cảm ơn! Check out my latest video on Vietnamese pronunciation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYCoZZ2hd9uXhaM

[@triton576]

Thank you Annie. Your videos are very helpful.

[@vexis58]

Thanks for making Vietnamese language videos that actually cover the southern dialect! That's the one I need to learn, and so many of the lessons out there either don't specify and just make things more confusing by teaching me sounds I don't need, or are actively teaching the northern dialect for tourists traveling to Vietnam. I'm just trying to understand my in-laws here in California, and don't plan on ever going to Vietnam. I love how you point out the different sounds used in the different dialects and specify which ones I'm not going to need to use.

[@vilkas371]

Xin chao Annie,ahn tich em, your way of teaching is amazing,Thanks soo much

[@MrWeesoon]

I like her voice, teenagers speak vietnamese is very clear, those adult speak vietnamese i can hear...

[@nguyentanbuu3181]

It's also depend on the accent:Southern, Northern or Central

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

@Yosef: For your first question: Except lesson 1 (in which I teach 5 expressions) that I speak very clear Southern accent, I speak something between Southern and Northern accent - something closer to the writing. Regarding to your second question: it depends on where you will live and to whom you will talk. For example, if you are moving to Saigon and people all around you speak Southern accent, learning Southern accent will be more convenient.

[@Stephen-Harding]

A very good class. I learned a lot. Thank you so much

[@bagpiperdc]

This was so helpful!

[@กฤติกาศรียงค์]

So good. I'm learning Vietnamese. Thank you.

[@joshuamast2714]

This is very helpful! Thanks for what you're doing!

[@shiryu22]

thank you 🙂 I'm learning little by little

[@Derik.]

3:48 "M m" as in "MẸ" (eng: "mother") 3:53 "B b" as in "BA" (eng: "father") 3:58 "V v" as in "VÀ" (eng: "and") 4:03 "PH ph" as in "PHỞ" (type of Vietnamese food) 4:23 "T t" [unaspirated] and "TH th" [aspirated] 5:11 "TIỂN" (eng: "money") 5:20 "THIỂN" (eng: "zen") 5:32 "Đ đ" as in "ĐI" (eng: "to go") 6:04 "N n" as in "NO" (eng: "being full") 6:16 "X x" as in "XA" (eng: "far," "remote") 6:22 "S s" as in SỐ (eng: "number") [south: same sound as "X x"] 6:56 "L l" as in "LÀ" (eng: "to be") 7:18 "TR tr" as in "TRỜI" (eng: "sky," "supernatural") [south: same sound as "CH ch"] 7:25 "CH ch" as in "CHỢ" (eng: "market") 7:51 "NH nh" as in "NHÀ" (eng: "home") 8:31 comparing "NÀ" with "NHÀ" 8:38 "KH kh" as in "KHI" (eng: "when") [fricative, not plosive or aspirated] 9:08 "H h" as in "HOA" (eng: "flower") 9:12 "R r" as in "RẺ" (eng: "cheap") 9:23 "D d" as in "DA" (eng: "skin") 9:44 "GI gi" as in "GIÀ" (eng: "old") [south: same sound as "D d"] 10:33 "G g" as in "GA" (eng: "station") 10:39 "NG ng" as in "NGA" (eng: "Russia") 11:29 "C c" as in "CÁ" (eng: "fish") [unaspirated] G or NG followed by I, E, Ê, IÊ: add "H h" between. e.g., GA vs. GHI, GHE, GHÊ, GHIỀ C followed by I, E, Ê, IÊ: add "K k" between. e.g., CÁ vs. KÌ, KE, KÊ, KIÊN, KÌA If a sound would be /kw/, change to "QU qu." e.g., CA /ka/ vs. QUA /kwa/, KI /ki/ vs. QUY /kwi/.

[@goodgood6688]

Thank you very much. Glad that I've found your channel because I know I can't read Vietnamese like the way I read English. I used to have a Vietnamese friend whose surname is Tran and I thought it was 'tran' as in 'transport'. When he told me the correct pronunciation, I realized he had the same surname as my mother which is 陳 (Chen /Chan). I've been watching a lot of Vietnamese MVs online have always wanted to know how the names of the artistes are pronounced, such as Nguyen Duc Phuc. With this knowledge I can infer that his name in Chinese characters is 阮德福. Then, I know the meaning of his personal name is moral /virtue + blessings / fortune. I don't mean to be patronizing, I think I would be good that Vietnamese preserve their names in Hantu (Chinese characters).

[@HaBui-yu2gy]

Chao chi Annie. Ten em la Ha Bui. Em o My. Em dang dung videos cua chi day hot tap tieng Viet. Your English is impressive and keep up the good videos. Cam on nhieu!

[@SirRodericSpode]

Thanks Annie, these videos are really helping :D

[@thomasbang1262]

Chào Annie. Nội dung bài video của bạn thật sự ấn tượng. Mình cũng là một sinh viên khoa ngôn ngữ nên mình cũng có tham vọng đưa tiếng Việt đên với nhiều bạn bè quốc tế hơn. Nhưng thực tế, mình vẫn chưa làm được gì nhiều trong khi nội dung bạn trình bày rất có ích cho người nước ngoài học tiếng Việt. Hy vọng bạn sẽ tiếp tục công việc của mình. P.s: Phát âm tiếng Anh của bạn rất tốt Hi guys who's learning Vietnamese, this video is really amazing. I am also a Vietnamese and I must admit that this girl has pointed out all the trickiest pronunciation that you might encounter during the learning progress. If you keep on following this, your Vietnamese will definitely rocket to the sky. A thousands thumbs up for the maker. P.s: Also, you guys can contact me if having some problems about Vietnamese. It would be pleased for me to have it worked out for you.

[@anhcuaem04]

hello annie, i really love your videos. VERY HELPFUL... :) i Learned a LOt.. Cam on!!!!

[@jamieharding372]

Awesome video. I should of started this years ago

[@kirito3082]

Very well explained, thanks

[@andrew4558]

Read her messages(For your first question: Except lesson 1 (in which I teach 5 expressions) that I speak very clear Southern accent, I speak something between Southern and Northern accent - something closer to the writing)

[@heartshinegirl]

I actually understood Heno when he wrote thank you very much ms. annie! I didn't have to google it, I just know enough to know that. hahaha :)

[@ТимурЖуков-ь7з]

Hello, Annie! Thanks for watching! Your lesson is very suitable even for a complete beginner!:) But I can't find the other part of the Vietnamese consonants - the final consonants. I would like to know more about them. Could you please help me?:)

[@princeavion8674]

You are great. I often come Vietnam. All my problem is in pronunciation and accents

[@dscatx]

I want to learn the southern vietnamese part only because most vietnamese in texas only speak the southern dialect. It's hard to find a class here in Austin. I wish i can find someone who speak the southern dialect to go one on one so i can learn from them

[@calumblack3749]

Cảm ơn bạn! Your explanation is so clear!

[@ewnyMetroExpress]

Very nice, thank you very much! Do you have a tutorial for: C, G, K? These 3 consonants are very similar and difficult to pronounce.

[@mcfinelli]

Annie! You're the best!

[@redshoeproject]

Always enjoy, Thank you so much :)

[@ஃபாதாவா]

The s/x merger and the tr/ch merger are not merged everywhere in the South, but they ARE merged everywhere in the North.

[@itsnotif.itswhen]

Agree.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

So, almost everyone in VN says "suh" (6:42) and "chuh" (7:37), so to speak? Although this apparently causes pairs of very different VN words to sound the same as each other, I suppose it's easy enough to understand the context (i.e., dew vs. bone; noon vs. not yet).

[@KaRe77]

Great video, amazing, thanks!

[@ginnytruong7734]

Girl, you messed up. In northern accent, we unify X and S, and in southern accent, we differentiate the two. Same thing with TR and CH. You just mixed up the two accents.

[@brenna1845]

Oh thank you. Now I won’t mess up! Cảm ơn bạn! (Did I say that right?)

[@nqnguyen2008]

cookielookieᄋ ᅳ ᄋ, Yeah you did, but I don’t know if you spelled it right. Sorry, I’m not a professional on Vietnamese, so I’m not sure. Wait, is Anh Truong your friend? You said “thank you, friend” ,sooooo I’m confused.

[@fabianpe0199]

This is what I was thinking!! 😭 I'm watching several videos on this and it's so frustrating to learn contradictory material.

[@lennan77]

very helpful and clearly done.

[@wayofa]

Annie, Thanks for the video, it's very helpful for practicing Vietnamese pronunciation, but where the other three episodes are? I can't find them. I'm really looking forward to watch the rest of them. Thanks :)

[@phapnui]

Finally, I really understand the difference in X and S.

[@clemildasouza2088]

these movie is perfect for me, because I want learn english and vietamense then I liked...thank you Annie

[@vindsingh8454]

I like the way you explained it I think I'll get soon

[@MsHaltt]

Được. Càng ngày thấy em càng pro đấy!!!!