Monthly Archives: August 2014

Vietnamese Classifier

VIETNAMESE CLASSIFIER In Vietnamese, like many Asian languages, nouns require classifier words to be counted.   Where in English we say “two boxes” in Vietnamese they say “hai cái hộp”, translated “two thing-classifier box”.  For “one cup of coffee” the Vietnamese is “một ly cà phê” or “one glass/classifier coffee”.  Classifiers are nearly always required, […]

Talking about family in Vietnamese Language

Talking about family in Vietnamese: Family is very important part of People’s lives. Learning and talking about family in Vietnamese is the best way to to start a conversation.  In this lesson we will be talking about family in Vietnamese Language. Learning the following words to start talking about family: – Bố: father – Mẹ: […]

Vietnamese adjectives

VIETNAMESE ADJECTIVES Learning the Vietnamese Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Vietnamese language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Vietnamese. Vietnamese Adjectives are words […]

The Vietnamese Alphabet

Vietlesson: Vietnamese Alphabet.   Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam, spoken by ninety million in Vietnam and approximately three million overseas Vietnamese. Vietnamese Language has three main dialects: northern, central and southern. The Vietnamese Alphabet uses the Latin script, based on its employment in the alphabets of Romane languages. There are 12 single vowels and 17 single […]