| Vietnamese consonants B,C,D,Đ |
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| Written by Yuht | |
| Wednesday, 14 May 2008 21:05 | |
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I suppose you have mastered Vietnamese vowels after 3 VinaPronuncia lessons.Today, let’s learn a little bit about the consonants, which help you go a bit further in pronouncing more difficult words in Vietnamese. So here we go.
Lesson 4: Vietnamese consonants: B,C,D,Đ
There are two way to recite the consonants: French way and Vietnamese way. For example: B is pronounced “bê” (French) and “bờ” (Vietnamese). Why is it so complicated? The former way is to pronounce a word when it stands alone. For instance: Kế hoạch B (bê) (Plan B).The latter way is to spell a word. For instance: to spell BÀ, you say “bờ(b) a (a) ba huyền(`) bà”. OK, don’t get headache!Let’s practice pronouncing in 2 ways and you can choose the way you feel more comfortable with. 1/B- Bê Bờ BA (dad) BÀ (grand mom)
To pronounce B, you lips need to quickly touch each other quickly, then release. 2/C- Xê Cờ
CÁ (fish) CÀ (tomato) C is a special consonant. It can accompany with A and U’s family. On the other hand, K can only go with E’s family and I and Y. Despite the rule, the sounds produced with C or K are the same.As we cannot write Cê nor Kê (which sounds like /kei/), X is borrowed to demonstrate the sound of C- Xê. 3/D- Dê Dờ DÌ (aunt) DO (because) As you are listening to southern accents, D is pronounced quitely distinctively. If you would like to try Northern accents, “D” would sound like “j”. Eg: Da is pronounced /za/ 4/Đ- Đê Đờ
*Đ is a unique consonant of Vietnamese alphabet. You may have seen it as a symbol of Vietnamese currency: ₫ (Vietnamese dong).Đ is pronounced the same as French D, Đ sounds a bit heavier than Vietnamese D as you may notice: DO- ĐO. It requires your tongue to touch the hard palate to pronounce Đ. Please stick with our VinaPronucia lessons and practice more every time you pay a visit to VinaTown. Guess it’ll pay off in the long run. In waiting for the next lesson, why don’t you try to combine B,C,D,Đ with other consonants and see if there are other meanings?
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