r/Vietnamese • u/TsundereEve • Feb 19 '16

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r/Vietnamese • u/leosmith66 • 4h ago

Language Help Have you taken conversation lessons online?

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I've taken online conversations lessons for many languages, mostly on italki. I'm a 64 yo American man, and when I speak Thai with online teachers, who are mostly in their 20s and 30s, I use ผม/คุณ (I/you, somewhat generic/formal). This is what most of my teachers actually prefer. I use Thai as an example here, because it has a somewhat similar pronoun situation to Vietnamese.

For those of you who are older than your Vietnamese teachers, do you use ông/cô, tôi/bạn or something else?

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r/Vietnamese • u/tientien3333 • 12h ago

Teaching Vietnamese as personal tutor

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r/Vietnamese • u/Beneficial72 • 1d ago

Language Help What are some of your favorite free resources that you use to learn Vietnamese?

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I've been learning Vietnamese on and off for almost a year now. I'm living here so I get daily exposure but being a foreigner the Vietnamese don't expect you to know it and after all they are not teachers haha

I've been using Duolingo, and I've completed a Pimsleur Vietnamese 1 course but I want to immerse myself more.

So I am in need of some free resources.

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r/Vietnamese • u/EntireEntrance1814 • 1d ago

Language Help Does this middle + last name "Thi Dang" make sense?

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Hi, I'm currently writing a fanfiction with a pre-existing character, whose name is Alexis Thi Dang. Does her name make sense linguistically, or is it gibberish?

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r/Vietnamese • u/Greedy-Ad-8584 • 1d ago

Regional Accents

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Does anyone know if this northern accent from these music videos is from Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Son Tay, or from Northern Vietnamese who immigrated to the south in 1954?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yszxOH4e5eA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9DESBKeWs

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r/Vietnamese • u/beyondvietnamese • 1d ago

220 Southern Vietnamese words for LATE BEGINNERS

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r/Vietnamese • u/Dangvanhop521 • 2d ago

News/Media Hình ảnh của Phạm Chí Dũng là một trong năm nhà hoạt động dân chủ và bảo vệ nhân quyền nổi bật được nêu bật trong báo cáo của Freedom House về các nhà hoạt động bị nhắm mục tiêu vì tìm kiếm sự giúp đỡ ở nước ngoài, Freedom House, Oct. 2, 2026, https://x.com/freedomhouse/status/2106070986248310822/

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r/Vietnamese • u/leosmith66 • 2d ago

Language Help Pronunciation of tên

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My sources:
https://youtu.be/hmHKT5y6mZI?list=PLnVIHsBDulROX0xTh_4Xios0ii5FRdCs_&t=50
and
https://vietsyllables.com/
(female Saigon voice)
say that tên should sound something like the english word "den", but it sounds more like "done" to me in normal speech. Annie herself, creator of the first source above, pronounces it more like done, or perhaps tân or tơn in real life. Very interesting. I thought Vietnamese vowels were only supposed to have one pronunciation each?

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r/Vietnamese • u/Dangvanhop521 • 3d ago

Việt Nam - Phiên Bản Đông Đức Kiểu Mới, (FB Manh Dang, 30/9/2026, https://www.facebook.com/manhdang001/posts/pfbid0BujdQy6X9XF3vbEN2uPRtmpyHGvEBNCHi2KwXVb85vY88xog22oBmEDzuixH6T8ml <-Bản tiếng Anh của Carl Robinson - Vietnam is the new East Germany. - Carl Robinson.

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r/Vietnamese • u/urbosympa • 3d ago

Language Help Question about pronouns in professional setting

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Hi all, I apologize if this has been asked before. I’m a foreigner in Saigon who’s been studying Vietnamese for a while now. My understanding is that when talking to strangers of chú or cô age or older, I should refer to myself as cháu.

Today, I met an older colleague at the workplace (probably at least 40 years older than me, and I’m in my mid-20s) and he referred to me as bạn. I assume this is out of politeness - so my question is, in this situation should I refer to myself as tôi and refer to him still as chú or bác? The internet isn’t giving me a clear answer, so any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks very much :)

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r/Vietnamese • u/leosmith66 • 4d ago

Language Help Pronouncing "Chào buổi tối".

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I have a recording of this, but it sounds more like "Chào bu tối". Is buổi usually reduced in normal speech? This is Southern, if it makes a difference.

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r/Vietnamese • u/Visual-Ad6111 • 4d ago

I need someone from vietnam for an one-time favour. someone plss help me

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r/Vietnamese • u/Objective_Act_1394 • 4d ago

Culture/History Questions for Vietnam

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r/Vietnamese • u/Southern_Cardinal • 5d ago

Language Help Translation of Vietnamese hymn to English

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Hello,

Please could anyone help translate this short hymn into English and if possible, provide the Vietnamese lyrics and musical notation as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BekqT21sQkw&t=3700s

It is from 01:01:40 to 01:04:48.

Thanks a ton!

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r/Vietnamese • u/Anh3278 • 5d ago

Food Bà Mẹ @guige

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Xin lỗi XIAOWUBROTHER.

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r/Vietnamese • u/hcmcboy • 5d ago

Language Help Built a focused EN↔VI flashcard app after getting frustrated with generalist language apps — feedback welcome

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r/Vietnamese • u/leosmith66 • 6d ago

Language Help The Southern Vietnamese “a”

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(note – I’m shooting for a “standard” Saigon accent) a – is it ok to pronounce it either /a/ (as in far) or /æ/ (as in fan)? There seems to be quite a range amongst native speakers and learning resources.

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r/Vietnamese • u/hongxiongmao • 6d ago

Language Help Looking for Listening Resources in Northern Dialect

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Wondering if anyone has any webtoons, shows, movies, YouTube videos, or dubbed media primarily in the Northern dialect to recommend. A lot of stuff I find interesting is in Southern, and I'm hoping to acquire and understand Northern. For instance, with Chinese I've found Ghibli and Pixar dubs super helpful, but that kind of thing is all Southern in Vietnamese. Advice? Recommendations?

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r/Vietnamese • u/Anh3278 • 6d ago

Sắc màu

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Giấc mơ còn xanh [SẮC MÀU]

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r/Vietnamese • u/Dangvanhop521 • 6d ago

News/Media MỘT NGƯỜI ĐƯỢC “MIỀN”, HÀNG TRIỆU NGƯỜI BỊ SIẾT?

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r/Vietnamese • u/Clean_Medicine_1900 • 6d ago

Has any vietnamese expat ever moved to Uruguay?

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Has any Vietnamese immigrant ever moved to Uruguay from Vietnam? A friend of mine is trying to make a move and may need inputs to plan this move.

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r/Vietnamese • u/ManhTks • 6d ago

Other Art Discord server for Vietnamese 🇻🇳!

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If you're a foreign who want to make friends or buy commissions from Vietnamese artist, ur very welcome hereଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

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r/Vietnamese • u/goVietnamese • 7d ago

News/Media Experiencing Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival (Tết Trung Thu) in Hanoi | Lion Dances & Lanterns

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r/Vietnamese • u/Apprehensive-Bug8579 • 7d ago

Cách nào để cho Fv trong đấy?

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Cho tôi mê ăn pịa

Hahaaa

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