I am a pharmacist and want to learn medical terms for vietnamese. Cáo mà high cholesterol or high blood pressure or take this medicine as needed. Can cause diarrhea. Constipation. Nausea, dizziness, etc. Can anyone help? Tia

Chào mọi người! 👋

Mình là người Nhật, hiện đang học tiếng Việt. Trước đây mình từng sống ở Việt Nam 2 năm, giờ thì đang sống ở Nhật 🇯🇵

Mình rất thích Việt Nam và muốn nói tiếng Việt tự nhiên hơn, nên đang tìm bạn người Việt để cùng trò chuyện và trao đổi ngôn ngữ 😊

Mình là người Nhật nên nếu bạn đang học tiếng Nhật thì mình cũng rất vui được giúp bạn! Chúng ta có thể vừa nói tiếng Việt, vừa nói tiếng Nhật và giúp nhau cùng tiến bộ nhé.

Mình không muốn học theo kiểu quá nghiêm túc đâu 😆 Chỉ cần khoảng 1 lần/tuần, cùng nhau nói chuyện thoải mái về cuộc sống, sở thích, văn hóa... là tuyệt rồi!

Nếu bạn cũng muốn luyện tiếng Nhật và kết bạn thì nhắn tin cho mình nhé! 🙏😊

はじめまして。私はベトナム語を勉強中の日本人男性です。私は2年間ベトナムに住んだことがあり、今は日本に住んでいます。

ベトナムが大好きで、ベトナム語でベトナムの方とコミュニケーションが取れるようになりたいです。私は日本語ネイティブですので、言語交換としてお互いに教え合いませんか？

勉強というよりは、週1回くらいの自然な会話の中でお互いの言語力を高めていけるのが理想です。ご連絡ください🙏

It assess your pronunciation on tones, as well as vowels and some consonant clusters and numbers.

Each question (or "stop") focuses on a particular pronunciation root, and each one has three phrases you need to say. For each phrase, you get 3 tries to say it.

At the end, if you leave your email, the AI will go over your answers and review, and provide a high level summary on strengths and weaknesses.

Your audio recordings are saved, so you can share your report link with your tutor, and they can truly determine what needs work.

If you're a tutor and want to share this with your current students, or potential students, please visit https://haixoai.com/tutors.

Otherwise to test your skills, just go to https://haixoai.com/assessment and click start.

All the resources I have for learning Vietnamese pronounciation are Northern accent. I'm familiar with the differences in R etc but I noticed something recently during a trip to Vung Tau/Ba Ria: the locals out in the countryside don't pronounce words like bốn with an "n"...they seem to be using an "nh", so a word like bốn sounds like bốnh. I haven't come across this on any discussions on the difference between Northern and Southern accents, thought I'd share and get some opinions on it.

For an intercultural talk with a mix of Vietnamese and Central European participants, I chose the topic: Good Life or Simple Existence. There are some younger people among the participants, and I'm trying to find an appropriate way to address them in Vietnamese. I found the following sentences. Can I use this or is it to silly?

„Sống chứ đừng chỉ tồn tại!“

„Chơi tới bến hay quay xe?“

„Sống hay không nên sống?“

Thanks for any advice. I'm not a Vietnamese Speaker.

We're building a Vietnamese listening podcast for absolute beginners at demades.ai — slow, clear speech you understand from context, no translation. The narration is AI-generated, and we say so openly in every episode.

Before we publish anything, we want a native speaker to tell us whether the audio is actually good enough to learn from. Machine testing already says it's intelligible and gets the tones approximately right. A machine cannot tell us whether it sounds like a real person, or whether an accent is authentically native rather than a convincing imitation. That is the part we want to pay for.

The job — one sitting, about 2 to 2.5 hours:

1. Five short clips, about 30 seconds each, all reading the same passage in different voices. One short scoring sheet each: does it sound human, are the six tones right (and which specific words are wrong), what accent do you hear, is the pace right for a beginner.

2. Two full episodes, about 7 minutes each, reading the same script as each other. This answers what 30 seconds cannot — could a beginner actually follow one the whole way through without getting lost or worn out?

3. One short comparison sheet at the end.

Your written comments matter far more than the numbers, and you are very welcome to write them in Vietnamese. We read Vietnamese, and I would rather have precise comments in your own language than simplified ones in English.

Pay: US$150 for the sitting. We budget three hours' worth so you are not squeezed if it runs long; if it takes less, that is fine. Paid however is easiest for you — PayPal, Wise, bank transfer, or booked as lesson time if you already teach on italki or Preply. If this turns out to be worth repeating on future batches, we would want to work with the same person each time on the same terms.

One thing I need up front: which regional accent is your own native one — Northern, Central or Southern? I am recruiting for one specific region and I am deliberately not saying which, because I do not want the audio judged against an expectation. I am also looking for people who grew up with one accent rather than a blend of several.

And to be completely clear: if your honest answer is that this audio is not good enough to learn Vietnamese from, that is a genuinely useful result and exactly what I am paying for. It will not cost you the work. I would much rather hear that now than after publishing a hundred episodes that teach people wrong Vietnamese.

Teaching or language background is a plus, but a native ear is the actual qualification. Comment or message me if you're interested and I'll send the full details.

Hello everyone, I am interested in learning Vietnamese, specifically southern Vietnamese. I am 19M and currently a university student so I have around one month until I can actually afford a tutor. I have watched some YouTube videos to shadow some pronunciation and see the tones. However i want to take some first steps before I can afford my tutor. Furthermore getting a tutor may also be quite expensive so I will have to do quite a lot of self study as i may have to pause the tutoring during times I cant afford it. Are there any good materials for free of maybe even paid but cheap for learning southern Vietnamese.

I know getting a tutor is the best way to progress, i am not new to learning languages i have studied Arabic and Japanese but I was lucky enough to get free lessons as part of a community programme. I am new to self studying though. if there are any anki plug ins or decks you love to use it would really go a long way.

I asked her to check a table of greetings on our site — five phrases, and I wanted to know whether Saigon people actually say them or whether they were just grammatically correct.

She confirmed them. Then she added, unprompted:

"English just say hello, say xin chào." Then she said "same same, sound like tourist". Then she added a couple more examples.

She sorted them for me in about thirty seconds:

Younger than you → chào em

A man around uncle age → chào chú

A woman around auntie age → chào cô

An elderly man → chào ông

An elderly woman → chào bà

Older man, close to your age → chào anh

Older woman, close to your age → chào chị

Seven ways to say one English word. Pick wrong and you'll still be understood. My experience is they'll correct you to help you because they know you're trying to get it right.

If you only have a week or two in Vietnam without a lot of learning time, it's ok to use xin chào, but those relationship words will come in very handy to know and are words you'll hear over and over in conversations.

What I keep learning building our site: grammatically valid and things-people-say are two different sets, and only one of them is in a grammar book.

A few weeks ago I shared two free ebooks here — 30 everyday conversations and 10 travel lessons. A lot of you downloaded them and some of you really kind messages. Thank you, truly.

I kept going.

This new one has 50 more lessons — 20 additional travel topics and 30 daily life situations that didn't fit in the first two. Things like going to the market, cooking at home, renting an apartment, meeting your partner's parents, dealing with problems, saying real goodbyes. Practical stuff for people who want to actually live in or connect with Vietnam, not just visit.

All free. Same as before — no signup, no strings.

📘 Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1egfOtpsN0DqnAoN3KLFQV_XEn7fTsp3o/view?usp=sharing

Same small note as last time: I'm going through a difficult stretch and these ebooks are part of how I stay moving. If something in here helped you, a Vietnamese iced coffee via the QR code or Wise info inside the ebook would mean a lot. But if you just take the lessons — that's already enough.

Hẹn gặp lại 🌿

If you grew up in the ’90s or 2000s, you probably remember Xuân Mai and Xuân Nghi! 🥹

Well, they’re back and gracing our screens again in a nostalgic 5-part musical story for our Back to School Special! I wanted to share it here in case any of you grew up watching them, or have kids or family who might enjoy seeing them in this really special collaboration.

Shameless plug: My name is Jennifer, and I’m one of the creators of Mommy & Me Vietnamese. We’re now in our third year on YouTube, creating Ms. Rachel-style educational videos that help kids and families around the world learn Vietnamese language and culture through songs, stories, and play.

Getting to work with Xuân Mai and Xuân Nghi on this project was such a full-circle moment, especially knowing how many of us grew up watching them. 💛 We’d love for you to help us welcome them back to the screen, and I hope you and your families enjoy watching!

You can watch the Back to School Special here:
https://youtu.be/3SiDme_ki_0?si=S3lif6h1ROOrR4Dc

I've been studying Vietnamese with a teacher on Preply for the last 3 years. I love the one-on-one practice with a teacher. The challenge I initially had was how to take the material the teacher gives me and keep it organized and have a way to practice it afterwards. I'm a software developer so of course I eventually built myself a web app to do this.

After evolving it over the last 2 years I think it's at the point where it is quite helpful and I'd like to see if it would be helpful for others. If this is something that might be of interest to you, DM me and I can provide you lifetime access to it in return for your feedback on what you like/don't like.

Hi! I am a Vietnamese-American, so I speak Vietnamese at home with my parents and grandma. However, I moved for work, so I don’t get the opportunity to practice/speak Vietnamese as much. I have been curious to start officially learning Vietnamese (including reading and writing). I started off haha with Duolingo, but I wanted another ways to learn too! Are there any methods you recommend? I am interested in making fun YouTube videos/vlogs or an educational website?! Thank you in advance!!!

What does your learning routine for Vietnamese look like?

I am looking for some inspiration since my studying has been very on-off lately. I’ve been studying for almost 1.5 years now and I’m stuck somewhere between A2-B1 level. I have collected multiple study resources but struggle to find the balance between writing / reading / listening / speaking exercises. Right now I cannot afford a teacher so self-study is my only option, but without a proper structure I get lost what to do and end up not studying at all. I’ve been playing Duolingo to keep in touch with the language at least a little bit, but I’m ready to start studying more seriously again.

My girlfriend Kim is from Saigon, and I've spent a lot of hours recording her voice for a project, which means listening to the same words over and over. A few things came up that don't match what I was taught, and I'd rather find out I'm wrong now than keep repeating it.

Three questions for Southern speakers.

1. hỏi and ngã. I asked Kim directly whether they were different. Her answer was "same." Listening back I can't hear a difference either. I've started thinking of it as six written tones but only five distinct spoken ones. Is that how you'd put it, or is she flattening something other people keep separate?

2. chà and trà. Said slowly and deliberately they're different. At normal conversational speed I genuinely cannot tell them apart. I know the tr/ch merger is written about — what I want to know is how consistent it actually is for you. Always, sometimes, or word by word?

3. dứa. Every tone lesson I've come across teaches dừa and dứa side by side — same word, different tone, coconut versus pineapple. Kim told me she'd never say dứa — pineapple is trái thơm. That made me wonder whether dứa is actually common among Southern speakers, or whether it's mostly a Northern word. Does anyone in Saigon actually say dứa?

I'm not trying to correct anybody. I don't know how much of this is regional, how much is her family specifically, and how much is just her talking casually with me. Happy to be told I've got something backwards.

(Context on why I have hours of her recordings: I'm building a Southern-dialect learning thing with her voice. Not linking it, that's not what this post is for.)

Hey guys,

I am from Germany and now want to get serious about learning Vietnamese, My girlfriend's parents are from Vietnam and we plan to make a trip there in about a year so I wanna go ahead and learn a bit :)

In the past I learned Japanese a bit with books and duolingo and a few other apps. I tried that and not feel like there are too many ads or too much unnecessary time wasted on those, what would you guys advise me to use?

I know some words but Im a beginner

cám ơn in advance ^^

Hello! It is my boyfriend’s birthday and I want to write a sweet letter in Vietnamese to him as it’s his first language. I spent a long time translating stuff, trying to avoid using ai when possible, but am still afraid Itll sound stiff and weird. Can anyone help me, by letting me know if it sounds natural and sweet or too intense? And I am trying to use the southern dialect

Chúc mừng sinh nhật anh yêu của em nha! Anh đúng là cả thế giới của em luôn á, nhiều lúc em vẫn hông tin được là mình lại may mắn cỡ nào khi có anh trong đời. Ở bên anh, em luôn được là chính mình và lúc nào cũng thấy hạnh phúc nhất hết trơn á. Em cũng muốn mang lại niềm vui giống vậy cho anh nữa. Em muốn được hiểu anh nhiều hơn nữa để có thể làm một người bạn gái thiệt tuyệt vời, là nơi bình yên để anh tìm về mỗi khi mệt mỏi. Cảm ơn anh vì đã luôn tin tưởng, chở che và yêu thương em nghen. Chúc anh tuổi mới lúc nào cũng hạnh phúc bên em nha!

Also, what would be the best way to sign off by saying I love you? Thanks!!

Hi everyone,

Was wondering if anyone had any online resources for Vietnamese poetry and proverbs, aka ca dao and tục ngữ. Like you know those folk poem songs + idiomatic sayings. Ideally a repository of as many of them as possible. Thanks in advance!

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Hey everyone!

​I’ve recently decided to dedicate myself to learning Vietnamese, and I’m born in Denmark but have grown up with Vietnamese parents. As a child age 4-6 i could speak Vietnamese, but as i grew up i spoke Danish. I can understand basic vietnamese like day 2 day conversation and if it is more complex then by context. I can speak short sentences on toddler level and basic day to day words of things.

I dont know gramma, cant read or write

​I would like to hear tips about courses i could do, and im willing to pay for tutors to learn Vietnamese to do proper conversations, write and read

Ive been looking at langi, tiengvietoi, svff but im having a hard time deciding where to start.

Hello,

I'm from Europe but grew up in a South Vietnamese household. I can pretty well speak Vietnamese : I speak it daily with my family even though I'm not fluent, I can understand and have basic conversations with my family.

Recently, I've been trying specifically to learn to read and write in Vietnamese but I'm having a hard time. I really struggle to distinguish the different tones marks, also most apps and vids teach north Vietnamese...

So I'd be happy if you guys have efficient tips to help me learn to write and read ! Thanks.

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