Vietnamese Pronunciation: How to pronounce all vowels in Vietnamese

[@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

[@1969mmoldovan]

praiseworthy effort!! well done!!

[@quinnguyen4620]

BY FAR the best Vietnamese vowels video I've seen. Wow, I can't believe it was that simple. Thank you for finally clearing up 19 years of confusion

[@kirishtan]

Annie, Your Vietnamese lessons are by far the most effective I've ever seen. I'm hooked.

[@justanotheruser2611]

You should check out Austen! His videos are phenomenal kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYqVaXtvgJZpn7s

[@trnkwangchiotwntranquangch785]

Cô giáo có cho bạn biết: ia nờ = iên hăy IAn = IÊn ? Tương tự, ia ngờ = iêng, hăy IAng = IÊng, Tiếng Việt = TíaNG VịaT. .... kw = cw = qu (w=uơ, uờ là phần cuối của âm u. k + w = c + w = c + uờ = qu) .... Âm /to/ khi khéo dài hoặc nói thật chậm sẽ nghe thấy 2 âm: to, oooo . Âm /hoa/ khi kéo dài hoặc nói thật chậm sẽ nghe thấy 3 âm: hoa, oa, a. (Tiáng Viạt (Tiếng Việt) không có quy tắc ráp vần , thực chất là THÔNG CHUYỂN KHẨU HÌNH ÂM (giữa 2 khẩu hình âm là 1 khẩu hình âm: giữa âm i và âm ê là âm ia (khi khẩu hình đang ở âm i thì phát âm ê sẽ sinh ra âm ia, nên iê=ia, iêN=iaN, hiên=hian. Tưang tự, ươ=ưa, uô=ưa....). Và tiếng Việt không phải tiếng đơn âm mà là NHIỀU LỚP ÂM LIÊN TIẾP: phiên âm đầy đủ của từ hoa là /hoa, oa, a/, đã là /đã, ã, a/...không phải chỉ có 1 âm đâu) Một số khác, nên thêm ký hiệu w vào tiếng Việt sẽ giải quyết đươc nhiêu vấn đề (w = uơ, uờ gần giống /w/ của tiếng Anh nhưng đặt ở cửa miệng (front sound) hay nó chính là phần đuôi của âm u khi kéo dài hay khi nói u bạn đưa cằm lên rồi hạ xuống sẽ nghe thấy âm w (uơ, uờ) rõ hơn): Âm h trong từ ha thì phát là hờ, nhưng trong từ hoa sẽ phát là hw (huơ, huờ): hoa = hwa, wa = oa, wang = oang, uy = wy = wi, hwang=hoang. Uyên=wyên=wian (do yên hăy iên = ian). TưaNG tự với l, ng, b...có thể phát thành lw, ngw, bw trong lua, ngoa, boa thành lwua, ngwa, bwua. Tiếng Việt (Tiáng Viạt) có trên 50 âm mới đầy đủ. Người Việt học tiếng Việt dễ vì hầu hết họ biết nói trước khi biết đọc, viết. Học sinh đến lớp chỉ cần nhớ mặt chữ cái rồi ghép cho đúng âm là xong dù họ không hiểu bản chất tạo âm của tiếng Việt. Nhưng với người ngoài nước và người dân tộc thiểu số thì rất khó học theo theo kiểu ráp vần. (Học như con VẸT). Về ngữ pháp, 'hầu như không có ngữ pháp' tiếng Việt, như 1 người Anh đã nói. - đẹp người đẹp nết = người đẹp tính tốt. - cao điểm đồi A1 = điển cao đồi A1. - ....

[@delanceyross246]

I think that pronouncing all of the vowels correctly is the hardest part to learn for foreigner. Thank you so much for detailed lesson, very helpful

[@cuddledog142]

Completely agree. This is my fourth time watching this video lol

[@dlouise64]

Yep I find it harder than Japanese

[@brb5506]

The best explanation of Vietnamese vowels on KZbin.

[@Jennifer2k89]

the best explanation of the Vietnamese vowels I've seen. thank you for such an informative video.

[@jihangjiang4635]

Thank you Annie. This is a Vietnamese self-learner from Taiwan. I couldn't clearly tell some small differences between some vowels, till I saw this. Your class just saved me. Really appreciated your phonetics way. :)

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Also, when we learn a language, we tend to transfer patterns in our first language into the second language. In English, you have "ei" but do not have "ê", and in Vietnamese we have "ê" but do not have "ei". So it is common if we feel like these two sounds are similar (both Vietnamese "ê" and English "ei" are mid-close). For me, the English word "day"(/dei/) sounds just like Vietnamese "đê", and many Vietnamese pronounce "change" (with contains ei) with Vietnamese "ê" as the main vowel instead.

[@gratwanderung5746]

Xin chào các bạn. Tôi là người Đức. Tôi học tiếng Việt. Together with your videos and with the help of a good vietnamese friend I could really improve my pronunciation. Cảm ơn chị Annie nhiều.

[@demongo0]

Wow, I've been able to understand your Vietnamese :Đ Tôi là người Nga và cũng học tiếng Việt.

[@ianlee863]

Just a tip, "các bạn" is used when talking to a group of people. "Các" is a particle which turns a word to a plural. Tôi là người Trung và cũng đang học tiếng Viết vì tôi có bạn bề Việt Nam. Tôi cũng học tiếng Indonesia và tiếng Trung. Tôi rất thích tiếng Việt. I understand you as well (tôi cũng hiểu bạn).

[@DoctorTopper]

Everything between 0:00 and 6:47 I could not hear the difference. I will keep trying. I think this channel has the best lessons on KZbin.

[@karlaandrews4234]

Excellent work Annie! I really like your linguistically based explanations and the way you connect the ideas in the lesson...also the revision. Well done!

[@volhamatkina4698]

OMG! THE BEST EXPLANATION I RECEIVED SO FAR!! THANKS SO MUCH!

[@richhughes2225]

Thanks, Annie. I am an American who just moved to Cao Lanh to live with my wife and her family. Your lessons are very helpful to me. They are clear and easy to understand.

[@benlee6892]

Hey Annie, just want to let you know what a big difference your videos, but more so your methods, have been for me. I left Vietnam as a child, knowing only how to speak the language. My late mom had tried to teach me on many, many occasions but one reason or another I never fully learned how to read. Now in my fifties and armed with your methods (mostly the three vowels groups), I can read most news headline after one weekend of practice. Please keep doing what you're doing. I look forward to continue my Vietnamese learning journey with you. Maybe next time I will be profession enough to leave you a Vietnamese comment :-) Thank you.

[@Slawp]

still one of the best vowel guides on KZbin! If you live in HCMC then i recommend her tutors!

[@bhantechandima]

Thank you so much. Because of you I could help old Vietnamese people who do not know English. May your Channel grow with more subscribers...

[@juanalatorre-graciano6575]

i have just begun to learn this beautuful language and annie you are by far the best teacher i have had in any subject thank you for your great videos !!

[@stephenpoole5314]

Cam o'n, co Annie. Your videos on pronunciation of Vietnamese are the most useful instruction materials I have ever seen. I especially like the way you show the mouth position when pronouncing sounds which to the English speaker may be hard to distinguish from one another.

[@tuan1is1azn]

Thank you Annie your explanation and pronunciation is very clear and helpful. It's hard to understand the differences in vowel pronunciation from a book or short clip.

[@allenhetrick]

Your videos are great, I wish I would have started class, when I first found these videos 2 years ago. Your instructors are top of the line and very patient. If I had it to do over again I would have started class within the first 2 weeks of finding these.

[@광동아재廣東大叔]

Guess the vowel ư must be the hardest for westerners, cause that sound doesn’t exist in English French German Spanish and so on. But no problem for Slavic or Turkic language speakers. We Koreans have that same sound too.

[@snowdough888]

Cam on em. Anh vui qua tim thay roi bai hoc cua em. Anh la nguoi trang tu nuoc My va hoc tieng viet voi may vi tinh.

[@seandunn1341]

Thank you, you helped me understand Vietnamese vowels in a logical way.

[@choqueperezjosuegabriel7791]

Good lessons, Go ahead. In the city of Santa Cruz-Bolivia There is poor information about Vietnamese language. Thanks to these kind of lessons People can learn vietnamese in Santa Cruz.

[@aunaturel77]

Hi Annie, thank you very much from France, your explanations are very useful and so clear, it become easy to learn about vietnamese language and agree with many comments for this video. All best fo you !

[@davidgrundy19]

Again, really helpful. Thanks so much for these videos. You are a good teacher.

[@justanotheruser2611]

You should check out Austen! His videos are phenomenal kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYqVaXtvgJZpn7s

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Alright... I think this can be the reason... As I explained in this video, "i" is the least open vowel, and "ê" is half-open vowel. In the two videos you sent me, after pronouncing "ê", the speakers seem to close their lips very quickly. When doing so, it is like they pronounce "ê" and then pronounce "i" right after (because "i" is a close vowel) . I close my lips more slowly after pronouncing "ê" in my video. So maybe you feel like our pronunciations are different.

[@Narwhal39]

I could never tell the difference between A and Ă until I watched this. I will be watching more of your videos to improve more, since I'm of Vietnamese ancestry :)

[@SunshineInWoods]

That was a very clear explanation!! Thank you Annie!! :)

[@LobzangGalindo]

I couldn't see the last vowel at 8:56 because it showed the next video on top of the vowel picture, thank you so much for your teachings Annie

[@Me_Llamo_Pepe]

Oh, it's you ten years ago!

[@mohammedjalloh7658]

Thank you, this really help me, especially with ư that letter was sooooo hard for me to say until your tutorial lol ! 😂

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

I hope I'm not confusing you with my explanation (and my terrible English). Hope it helps :)

[@mickyledeus6334]

Yeah your English is great! Very clear explanations 😊

[@bobbrosenbaum]

Very clear and concise lesson. Thank you very much!

[@savkinaanna3748]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your lessons. They're incredibly helpful!

[@anhmongco3659]

Vl cái hình n...!

[@savkinaanna3748]

@@anhmongco3659 что бы это ни значило, лучше выражаться на языке, понятном получателю информации, т к именно это обычно и является целью коммуникации, не так ли?

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

I'm so happy to know that in such a faraway country there's someone watching me :) Please help me share to those who wanna learn Vietnamese there. Big XIN CHÀO from Annie :D

[@selenesolveig]

Thank you from a frenchy in Saigon. Let's continue please ;)

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Chào em, Em có thể tham khảo các sách dạy tiếng Việt cho người nước ngoài như: "Tiếng Việt cho người nước ngoài, tập 1 (ĐHKHXHNV)" hay "A Vietnamese concise grammar" (ĐHQGHN). Nếu cần nghiên cứu sâu hơn, em có thể đọc các sách: Ngữ âm tiếng Việt (Đoàn Thiện Thuật), Cơ cấu ngữ âm tiếng Việt (Đinh Lê Thư - Nguyễn Văn Huệ), Cơ sở ngôn ngữ học và tiếng Việt, Phần ngữ âm (Mai Ngọc Chừ - Vũ Đức Nghiệu). Thân.

[@icezone299]

Very helpful ...lesson 5! Interesting present...Cam on rat nhièu.

[@wahwahhan1]

I really interest to learn Vietnamese with ur lessons.

[@johnc9464]

thanks Annie, seeing and hearing vowels and vowels in words is effective. 1 tiny correction, at least in American English "horizontally" is pronounced "hor i ZONT ally" (in caps is stressed, and second to last syllable in 3+ syllable words is usually but not always stressed.

[@LCLenard]

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[@jamessadia]

Brilliant thanks you!

[@bayupamungkas9869]

Thank you so much, your explanation is very helpful. The vowel is not too hard. I think the hardest part in Vietnamese language is the tones, because my native language (Indonesian) is not a tonal language.

[@johannangbe8999]

Iya karna ada bbrpa yg mirip bhs indo ya kan? sprti u dan ô. ( Im from France and Viet is so different from French haha ) Semangat!

[@mat998332]

이 for 'i' 아아 for 'a' 아 for 'ă' 어 for 'o' 오 for 'ô' 우 for 'u' 으 for 'ư' 애/에 for 'ê' 'ə..' for 'ơ' 'ə' for 'â' 'ee..ɛ' for 'e' Did I nail it all correctly? (I'm using korean cuz its the most straightforward alphabet system)

[@baolvsq]

Very helpful when u put it like that!

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Chào anh :) Em là Annie đen :)) từ Việt Nam :)) Em rất vui vì anh xem video của em :) Cảm ơn anh!!!

[@syg633]

Cam on, Miss Annie, so are you still available here to answer my language questions ?

[@danny24042002]

woooow thanks a lot annie... this is very helpful... xin chào từ áo 😀

[@cq6976]

Thank you ❤

[@felichat4401]

Xin chao Easy to understant vietnamese with you! Thank you

[@cuddledog142]

I find ơ and ư so tricky!

[@em3155]

Thank you. It is challenging...

[@usingThaForce]

I just want to look at her beautiful face, smart mind, and perfect hand movements. Keeper.

[@darkYT]

Whow, when I watched this video last night, I was the only one who watched it, just 1 view. Now, the next day, 21 already! Cool =)

[@petermullenigrd14]

I have to agree with others Annie this is brilliant. Keep it up. :-)

[@wales2815]

so helpful

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Không có gì anh Stephen :) Cảm ơn anh! :)

[@theytookyourjob]

First of all I wanted to say thank you for these videos they're great! But are you teaching the northern or southern dialect? Im going to teach english in Saigon and want to be able to speak the southern dialect, so what should I do? Its hard to figure out which lessons to watch and which not to Thank you for your time

[@springnuance7048]

this is both standard of northern and southern accents. The differenced between the two accents is consonants, not vowels

[@EpiScintilate]

Hi Annie, thanks so much for your videos. I have studied Thai for 3 years and I have just started to learn Vietnamese. I am not sure how pronounce 'a' correctly. In this video @7:44 when you say "a ba three" the 'a' sound is a little bit like 'bar' in English but with a more air. At @ 8:32 you say "tám eight" where the 'a' sound closer to 'bar' but is much shorter. In your lesson Vietnamese 365 #22 part 2 Family @ 0:28 the 'a' sound in bà (grandma) the 'a' sound lets out more air than ba (three). To me the 'a' sounds closer to 'bad' in English. The sound isn't as strong or harsh as the 'a' in ba (three). All the sounds are similar but they also different so I am not sure what is correct.

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Hi, Many students have said to me that the vowel "a" in Vietnamese sounds like the vowel in "bad", but when pronounce "a" as in "bad", it sounds very foreign for me, as it is too much like "e" (as in "pen"). So I think it is better for you to pronounce that vowel like in "bar" but a little wider. The air flow has nothing to do here, it is just because I don't control my voice well.

[@EpiScintilate]

Thanks for your reply. I have been thinking about this all day. I understand what you mean when you say "pen" is like "bad". When I say "am" (with my Australian accent) the sound seems closer to your sound. I was playing games saying "am" and "arm" then listening to you. I came to the conclusion that the Vietnamese sound is in the middle. I noticed some Vietnamese speakers sound closer to "arm" and others closer to "am". Easy to find examples were Việt Nam (Vietnam) and là (verb to be). I will have to practice following you many times. Like you said in a comment below we tend to transfer our native patterns but if we do that we will always sound like Foreigners. When I speak Thai I try to be like a Thai twin brother and not use my native sounds. It is hard to do but it is easier for people to understand. I studied Vietnamese pronunciation everyday this week without learning any words. Today I had a chance to look at more of your videos. You have done a really great job. Very clear explanations. Thanks sooooo much. You are a very kind person.

[@melodythai9953]

Hi EpiScintilate. Were you able to conquer these sounds? I've made a video for myself on my phone from Annie's multiple videos covering vowels in all their forms (single, dipthongs, combos, ... ) to play these sounds close together and listen to over and over. It's the only way to retrain my ear. At first they all sound so similar, but after listening to over and over, I can ear the difference. I also do it more like a baby would learn their native language. Because it's so hard for me to hear the difference, I limit my "teachers" to a one or two at the most. Just like how a baby spends most of their time around their parents. I've found that my in-laws speak Vietnamese with their own "accents" even though they are from Vietnam. In the US lots of people speak English differently. Eventually after I've gotten more of the sounds down, I then add other things or people in. But until then, I don't because I get too frustrated and want to give up. I hope this helps. Everyone has different ways of learning. This is mine and so far it is really helping. Especially since Annie breaks things down so wonderful. My brain really likes that. She is an amazing teach to explain her language so simply and elegantly.

[@keropi107]

Hi, I think the difference you heard between "ba three" and "bà grandmother" is because of the tone ` on "bà". With this tone you should lower your voice while extending the sound. That's why "The sound isn't as strong or harsh as the 'a' in ba (three)" like you said.

[@mat998332]

The 'a' sound in 'bad' is clearly an 'ê'

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Chào Jiang :) I'll work more on pronunciation, because I found out that not many videos on Pronunciation are available, and I was well-trained in Phonetics :), so I really want to help such self-learners like you ^^ I will work more on pair sounds, some difficult rhymes and so on. So, please continuing watching me ;)

[@akinyeleaminu127]

Thank you for this beautiful lecture. I wish to ask the difference between the /e/ and the /ê/ sounds.

[@HiroMahtava]

2:38 美術 My thuat 理由 Ly do 公司 Cong Ty

[@kenso9]

thanks

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Hi, we have only one way to pronounce the vowel "ê". Could you tell me which video teaching this? I want to watch it and explain to you later :)

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Hey there :) Thank you for watching! I'm glad it has helped you. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions :)

[@matthewstall6987]

thanks for lessons. i live in saigom.

[@nobuakifujii]

1:17 i ê e 4:47 u ô o 5:58 ư ơ â 7:43 a ă

[@wahwahhan1]

How could i approach to learn ur language? Where should i start it?

[@darkYT]

No, it doesn't really matter. I think weekend is even best actually. If you need to learn this after a day of hard work, it will be even more difficult. During the weekend, people have more time to watch the videos =) But, you should upload when it suits you best though =)

[@AlexDin587]

Thanks thanks thanks!

[@stevewittwer7444]

Annie, when you pronounce, horizontally, the "i" is shirt sound. As in pin, bin. I noticed many Vietnamese make this mistake because they were taught ABC instead of the correct, abc, the short sound letters. These are the sounds that make the words. Love your videos. The best for me. Had many compliments for the words I speak. Cam on nhiều.

[@meysamnaseri]

This video has such a great content but it could have benefited from more structure, having some titles for each section or in general better delivery.

[@co-jt6gd]

It sounds like A is pronounced [æ], according the IPA. It also sounds like o is pronounced like the open back rounded vowel (couldn’t type this IPA symbol).

[@khoionguyennguyen1544]

No, it is totally [a], just some regions in central pronounce [ae] for a

[@nunyabidness5938]

thank you!

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

We will, I promise ;)

[@SunshineInWoods]

The Vietnamese Alphabet (Chữ Cái của Quốc Ngữ) by viet4kids at 2:27 Learn Vietnamese Lesson 1: The Alphabet by TeacherPhilVietnames at 0:30 Beside, my wife from the Mekong Delta keeps on saying that /ei/ is correct.

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Thanks for watching my friend :) My friend said this video will bring headache, so no one wanna watch it at weekend =)) Do you think I should change the uploading time for next videos :D

[@SunshineInWoods]

In other videos I saw that the Ê is pronounced /ei/. Which one is the standard pronunciation?

[@Kari166]

I can't really see your tongue moving backwards and forwards but I'll take your word for it. D:

[@kyowutatuya]

다른 동영상에는 선생님처럼 완벽하게 알려주지 않네요.감사합니다.

[@youngtan2008]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@daamoy]

What's the difference between ao and au (pronunciation), Annie?

[@springnuance7048]

ao in vietnamese pronounced like pound in english au pronounced like au revoir (french)

[@daamoy]

au in french is a monophthong, but au in VN is a diphthong

[@kietdcdhbk]

I'm vietnamese .both are the same

T Kiet no, they don’t.

[@rontran6246]

@@kietdcdhbk it's not the same, try to read the words sau & sao, cáu & cáo, báo & báu. it's completely different. i doubt you are not vietnamese

[@guitar5436]

all language is, is vowels pronounced differently... interesting how people use the same tools to make completely different understanding of the same noises

[@luzeemiluvie]

Oh, the vowels are much harder than the tones~ Can hardly distinguish between them~ Maybe it takes a lot of practice to get it. Anyway, a good video lesson~ Thank you.

[@cial67]

ơ and â, and a and ă sound so similar 🙉😅

[@jenniferle2094]

Hello Annie, can you do a video more in depth on pronouncing Vietnamese words with vowels ơ,â and a, ă? I am having a hard time hearing the difference and pronouncing them correctly.

[@springnuance7048]

a is pronounced like in far, bar, father (but shorter) ă is pronounced like in sun â is pronounced rather like (not exactly) a in appear ơ is pronounced like in fur (but shorter)

[@HiPlayerProdigy]

8:50 i need more practice

[@VietnameseVideos]

Làm chủ rất khó.

[@SunshineInWoods]

Hi Annie, thank you for your answer!! I really enjoying watching your channel :) This one at 2:27: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX-znnuAr6eDhdE This one at 0:38 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Lbopihbberq68 Is it only me who hears an /i/ after the /e/ sound? And when my wife from the Mekong Delta pronounces it, it's even stronger.

[@richhughes2225]

Very helpful, but the messages on the screen are too distracting.

[@ochmus]

I'm just going to probably say everything incorrectly but I'll keep moving like dory

[@ItsToady]

Im here to learn trung bao sounds lol

[@kulkutha6148]

Littrely impossible to understand the difference between the 2 e's. I say them exactly the same.

[@nord1486]

Isn’t Y a vowel?

[@nganngan2157]

do you wanna practice Vietnamese ? if you wanna help, i can :)

[@monkeytime9851]

These are harder than the consonants (first video). Can't tell e from e with a hat.

[@광동아재廣東大叔]

ê is actually similar to the French é in école, and e similar to the French è in mère. Plz keep in mind that this kind of romanization was initially done by French missionaries several hundreds years ago.

[@monkeytime9851]

@@광동아재廣東大叔 That is helpful! Thanks!

[@LearnVietnameseWithAnnie]

Không có gì :)

[@КатяТиханова-я9т]

and vowels, aw shit.. The way you inhale before pronouncing and that slight chest expansion. Annie are you ok? I'm hot for teacher

[@zhenval]

What the hell?!

[@floofy931]

Cô đèp quá

Still find it complicated :|

[@justanotheruser2611]

You should check out Austen! His videos are phenomenal kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYqVaXtvgJZpn7s Let me know if that video helped more

[@waynevietnam]

Your acoustics are very off-putting. .