Besides of 29 vowels and consonants present in Vietnamese that we introduced in the previous lesson, “tones” are a distinctive feature of the Vietnamese language. This lesson will focus on learning about Vietnamese tones. What are Vietnamese tones? Simply put, tones are variations in pitch. Vietnamese has six different tones,
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Grammar 1: Characters and Pronunciation
Let’s start learning Vietnamese! But before that, what is the Vietnamese language? As some of you may know, Vietnam was repeatedly colonized by China from 217 BC to AD 980. This has led to the Vietnamese language containing many words of Chinese origin. Consequently, Vietnamese includes both pure Vietnamese words
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