Nguyen The Vu
Professional Teacher
How to pronounce Vietnamese rightly according to each region? <table border="1" width="560" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="159">

Northern

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Central

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Southern

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English gloss

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<em>này</em>

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<em>ni</em>, <em>nì</em>

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<em>nầy</em>

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"this"

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<em>thế này</em>

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<em>ri</em>

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<em>vầy</em>

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"thus, this way"

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<em>ấy</em>

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<em>nớ</em>, <em>tê</em>

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<em>đó</em>

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"that"

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<em>thế</em>, <em>thế ấy</em>

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<em>rứa</em>, <em>rứa tê</em>

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<em>vậy đó</em>

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"thus, so, that way"

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<em>kia</em>

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<em>tê</em>

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<em>đó</em>

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"that yonder"

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<em>kìa</em>

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<em>tề</em>

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<em>đó</em>

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"that yonder (far away)"

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<em>đâu</em>

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<em>mô</em>

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<em>đâu</em>

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"where"

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<em>nào</em>

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<em>mồ</em>

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<em>nào</em>

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"which"

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<em>sao</em>, <em>thế nào</em>

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<em>răng</em>

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<em>sao</em>

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"how, why"

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Sep 18, 2014 2:10 AM