Syllable (Vowels with vowels)

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We can combine vowels together to form rhymes:

a, ă, â, e, ê, o, ô, ơ, i, y, u, ư

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Some examples for common rhymes with pictures:

  • AO, AU sounds similar with “AO” and ÂU sounds similar h wit“AU” in English (The difference of these 3 mainly bases on the lenght of the sound)

aoau

hello 

        ChàoHi 

       /Chao/

ship 2

        TàuShip

       /Tao/

 

bridge

          CầuBridge

         /Kau/

  • AI sounds similar with “AI”

       AY sounds similar with “AY”

       ÂY sounds similar  with “EI” in English

(The difference of these 3 mainly bases on the lenght of the sound)

aiay

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     Hai – Two

    /Hai/

 

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     CaySpicy

     /Kay/

 

West 2

           Tây – West

           /Tei/

   (Vietnamese use “Tây” to call westerner or white people too)

 

  • OI, ÔI sounds similar with “OI” in English (The difference of these 2  bases on the lenght of the sound.)

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speak 2

 

 

               NóiSpeak

 

              /Noi/

 

myself 2

          Tôi – I/me/myself

          /Toi/

  • OE and OA have O as middle vowel so E and A are the main vowels, it sounds like

W in between

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Khoẻ Fine (Greeting)

/Khwe/

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     Hoa – Flower 

    /Hwa/

  • EO sounds similar with “EL” in English

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      HeoPig (Southern Vietnamese)

     /Hel/

  • ÊU sounds similar with “EW” in English but with Ê mouth shape

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             LềuTent

/Leu/

  • ƠI sounds similar with “OI” in English but with Ơ mouth shape

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          Trời ơi – OMG

          /Troi oi/

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