LearnVietnamese

23/10/2021

✨HOW TO LEARN VIETNAMESE FASTER

☑️Pick a dialect to learn at the beginning because there are huge differences between Northern, Central and Southern Vietnamese.
☑️Join the Vietnamcommunity, meet local Vietnamese people or attend a Vietnam cultural festival.
☑️Get a good teacher to correct your pronunciation
☑️Listen to Vietnamese musics, films or TV shows a lot to improve your pronunciation and vocabs.
☑️Write Vietnamese phrases and vocabs and try to memorize them as much as possible.
☑️Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Just speak as much as you can.

20/10/2021

𝓥𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓮 𝓦𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷’𝓼 𝓓𝓪𝔂, which has an official date of October 20th, is among several occasions on which the society shows their love and respect to the women. It's also a perfect occasion for men of Vietnam to express their love for women.
This anniversary is the expression of comments on women, respect and love, somebody celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women.

On this day, Vietnamese people organize cultural events that express love and equality for women and also inspire other young women in Vietnam. The most common gifts that a woman will receive are flowers and a lot of love from their beloved ones.

Happy Vietnamese Women’s Day💐

17/10/2021

Today I'll pick up some Vietnamese phrases with the word "làm" which often confuse you. This word has many different meanings: to do, to make, to work... you must know.

làm việc nhà: do housework
làm bánh: make a cake
đi làm: go to work
làm thơ: write poetry
làm đám cưới: have a wedding
làm biếng: be lazy

16/10/2021

Today, Let's learn some vocabs about FRUIT🍉

dâu --- strawberry
anh đào --- cherry
dừa --- coconut
táo --- apple
chanh dây --- passion fruit
chuối --- banana
mâm xôi --- raspberry
bưởi --- grapefruit
thanh long --- dragon fruit
vải --- lychee
lựu --- pomegranate
mơ --- apricot
việt quất --- blueberries
dưa hấu --- watermelon
kiwi --- kiwifruit
lê --- pear
chanh --- chanh
chôm chôm --- rambutan
dứa --- pineapple
xoài ---mango
chanh vàng --- lemon
quýt --- mandarin
cam --- orange
đào --- peach

13/10/2021

Knowing how to express excitement is extremely important in daily communication. So today, I give you some Vietnamese phrases which are being used a lot to show that you're surprised 😮

Thế á? / Thật á? --- Really?

Sao lại thế? --- How come? Why?

Không thể nào --- No way!

Không thể tin được --- Unbelievable!

Vậy hả? --- Is it?

Được quá ha --- Not bad

Trời ơi --- Oh my God

I hope you can use these phrases to express surprise like native speakers.

05/10/2021

Vietnam has three primary regions including North, Central and South. Due to the narrow and long shape, at different times of the year, Vietnam's climate varies throughout the country.

+ The North has 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The weather from May to October is hot and humid with rainfall, and cooler and dry from November to April.
+ The Central's typical climate is a tropical wet climate. It experiences dry, hot weather from January to August with temperatures of up to mid-30°C; while the highest rainfall often happens in the last months of the year.
+ The South has just two seasons, dry and rainy seasons. It is dry and hot from November to April, gets wet and warm from May to October, and has the highest rainfall from June to August.

✨So, here are commonly vocabs about topic "WEATHER & CLIMATE IN VIETNAM":

- Mùa Xuân: Spring
- Mùa Hạ: Summer
- Mùa Thu: Autumn
- Mùa Đông: Winter
- Mưa: rain
- Nắng: sunny
- Gió: wind
- Bão: storm
- Lũ: Flood
- Hạn hán: drought
- Sấm sét: thunder
- Sương mù: fog
- Dự báo thời tiết: weather forecast
- Biến đổi khí hậu: climate change

30/09/2021

Let's learn some new words about ANIMALS!!!

con ngỗng - goose
con vịt - duck
con heo - pig
con gà - chicken
con lừa - donkey
con bò - cow
con ngựa - horse
con dê - goat
con cừu - sheep
con gà trống - rooster
con thỏ - rabbit
con chuột - mouse
gà Tây - turkey
chim bồ câu - pigeon
con gà con - chick
con mèo - cat

26/09/2021

Below are some useful tips on how to book ride-hailing apps in Vietnam. Moreover, you can take note of some commonly used phrases to communicate with drivers.

🥰🥰[Tips for using ride-hailing apps]🥰🥰

⏳ Over the past few years, ride-hailing app services have become the convenient mode of transportation for not only locals, but also the foreigners in Vietnam
Here are the best ride-hailing apps and the tips for booking ride-hailing services when you are in Vietnam. 👇👇👇

✅What are the popular ride-hailing apps?
- Grab
- Be
- Gojek
- My go

🤔🤔🤔 How can you book ride-hailing services via smartphone?

To use ride-hailing services, we recommend having a Vietnamese 3G / 4G SIM card. You, after that, had better follow these steps:

👍Step 1: Download the app (Android | Apple) and create an account.

👍Step 2: Then choose the collection point and delivery point. After booking the ride, the driver often asks you to confirm or you can send a message via the app.

👍 Step 3: In the app, you can see how far the driver is from you. You can also see his license plate, type of car and sometimes also the color. With this information it is easy to recognize the driver among all the other traffic. The motorcycle taxi is easily recognizable by its green helmet and jacket uniform.

👍Step 4: If he takes you to the agreed location, you pay the driver the price that the app has determined. If you store your credit card details in the app, you also have the option to pay with a credit card. When booking the taxi you can select how you want to pay.

✅ Commonly used phrases when booking a ride-hailing service:

➡️ Take me to + a place = Cho tôi đến + a place
- Pick me up at + a place = Đón tôi ở + a place

➡️ Have you arrived? = Bạn đến chưa?
👉 Rồi = yes (already)
👉 Chưa = not yet
👉 Almost = sắp đến

➡️ I’m here = Tôi ở đây
I’m at + the address = Tôi ở + the address

➡️ How much? = bao nhiêu tiền?

➡️ Here = Đây

➡️ No need for change = Không cần trả lại

➡️ Thank you = Cảm ơn nhé!

➡️ Turn left / Turn right = Rẽ trái / Rẽ phải

➡️ Go straight = Đi thẳng

➡️ Please stop here = Dừng ở đây nhé!

➡️ Turn around = Quay lại

➡️ Slow down = Từ từ

➡️ I’m really in a hurry, please go faster! = Tôi đang rất vội, đi nhanh lên nhé!

➡Please take the quickest route! = Đi đường nào nhanh nhất nhé!

24/09/2021

Note some common Acronyms and Abbreviations to text with your Vietnamese friends like pro native speakers.

☑️ e - em: younger sister, I, you
☑️ a - anh: older brother, I, you
☑️ t - tôi/tui/tao: I
☑️ b - bạn: friend, you
☑️ ny - người yêu: boyfriend, girlfriend
☑️ ko/hk - không: no
☑️ kcg - không có gì: never mind
☑️ vs - với: with
☑️ bn - bao nhiêu: how much, how many
☑️ bh - bây giờ: now
☑️ dc - được: yes

21/09/2021

𝗧𝗲̂́𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝘂 or 𝗠𝗶𝗱-𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 is also known in Vietnam as the “Children’s Festival”, which is always held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with a full moon at night. This festival is celebrated not only in Vietnam but also in some other parts of Asia as well suggest China, Japan or Korea. Mid-autumn Festival marks a joyous occasion when the harvest is finished and there’s time for family reunions and gatherings.

On this day, making masks and lanterns is probably one of many activities that take place during this exciting Autumn festival. A lot of groups of young Vietnamese people have created unique and trendy lanterns, yet can still preserve the traditional beauty. Besides, you will see and hear lion dancing or múa lân with excited drumbeats ring out from down the dark street. All across Vietnam, making and sharing moon cakes is probably one of the hallmark traditions of this festival.

I wish you guys happy the unrest of all with your friends and families on Mid-autumn festival day😇

13/09/2021

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation or the same structure of a sound system. However, the meaning of each word is totally different. In Vietnamese, it appears a lot and is a challenge for foreigners to learn and communicate.

Let's learn some common homophones🙆