r/learnvietnamese

Hi all!! I’m completely new to reddit so please treat me kindly :’)
I’m viet American currently in high school and i want to improve my Vietnamese!! My whole family is Southern Viet btw!
My goal is to study hard over the summer as my summer break is fast approaching.
My problem is that I don’t know where to start .. and resources I’ve encountered before only teach beginners, which goes over everything I already know. I can hold a conversation in Viet, as I speak with my mom everyday, and understand how to read it, but I just lack sooo much vocabulary. My Vietnamese is very basic and lacks sophistication.

What tips would you guys have regarding this? Any resources?

I also understand that speaking with and asking my mom is my most helpful resource, but I just want to know if there are other things out there that can help!! I’d also like to avoid paying for courses as much as possible. Thank you!! ^_^

I see many people requesting to learn southern dialect and it seems nearly all, if not all, resources offer only northern.

Why is that I wonder? Is there not enough demand?

How many of you would like to see more southern Vietnamese tools?

Hi, so I’m learning Vietnamese and I’m still pretty new. I’m visiting Vietnam towards the end of the year and wanted to learn so that it’ll be an easier time for me and the locals while I’m there. I’m trying to look for ways for me to practice outside of my lessons with my tutor. At my mall there’s this nail salon where a lot of people who are Viet and speak Vietnamese work. Is it ok for me to go there and ask to practice speaking with them? I tried going to restaurants but most of the time the staff that work there are not Viet or do not speak the language.

I have a toddler and really want to teach them Vietnamese. I came to an English speaking western country when I was 5yo and my Viet has stayed at this level.

My relative brought some pictures books (soft covers) for 5-8yo, which is sadly above my current reading skills.

I’m wondering if Board books would be easier for me to read to my toddler. Plus my toddler shreds all paperback they touch. Do you have any suggestions? On Amazon, I only seem to find paperbacks.

Been studying almost one year. Feels like at least 10.

I don't live in Vietnam so don't get alot of opportunities to practice in the wild.

This week a customer at work zero English, brang a translator.

Was able to say while I will speak mostly English I can speak a little bit of Vietnamese.

The translator was very much needed , but things like numbers and dates was not needed . And I could understand alot of the replies.

Found a vietnamese restaurant that speaks my accent (northern) and was able to successfully go thru greetings with correct pro nouns. Order , say the food was delicious, pay by card, etc.

It's not easy , but progress is being made.

Hello,

I‘m interested in trying the “Vietnamese 2nd Language” and “Que Viet” books for alphabet and grammar. Do you guys know where I can find and buy these that’ll shipped within or to the US?

Does anyone have any advice or experience how to choose? I am going there in october - I booked a one way ticket and decided to leave Germany/Europe/The West. Now I wanna start learning Vietnamese but I am wondering what dialect I should learn as I heard that the northern, central and southern are very different.
Btw I land in Hanoi and (as of now) was considering settling in Da Nang after having traveled the country for a bit. But since I don’t know if it will in fact be Da Nang eventually I am torn between those three dialects…any tips, suggestions or ideas?
thanks a lot in advance for any input

VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE

My student : In Hoi An, I see a lot of ‘cơm’. There are many farmers working with ‘cơm’ right now.”

Me: “Actually… that’s called ‘lúa’.”

Student: what is ‘cơm’?

Me: Cơm is cooked rice. Like when we say: ‘Anh ăn cơm chưa?

Student: Ohhh, I see! Tomorrow I’ll buy ‘lúa’ for my wife to cook.

Me: No no no… you buy ‘gạo’, not ‘lúa’.

Lúa is still in the field.

Gạo is uncooked rice.

Cơm is cooked rice.

OMG...

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✨ Sharing a basic Vietnamese pronunciation guide for vowels and consonants that are similar to English sounds ✨

This is one of the easiest ways for beginners to learn Vietnamese pronunciation. When you can connect Vietnamese sounds to familiar English sounds, it becomes much easier to listen, repeat, and remember. 🇻🇳📚

I’ve created:
🔹 Basic Vietnamese vowels
🔹 Common consonants
🔹 Easy example words
🔹 English sound comparisons to help with pronunciation

If you need someone to help correct your pronunciation using these two charts, feel free to inbox me 😊
I also have pronunciation correction videos for difficult sounds or words that are hard to pronounce.

I also teach Vietnamese, mainly for children and complete beginners who want to start by practicing speaking and reading simple sounds first — without too much pressure about memorizing the entire alphabet at the beginning.

The reason is simple: when you become familiar with hearing and pronouncing easy Vietnamese sounds naturally, your listening skills improve faster, and your mouth gradually becomes more flexible and comfortable with Vietnamese pronunciation.

This learning style is especially helpful for people who:
✔️ Feel overwhelmed by the Vietnamese alphabet and tones
✔️ Want to speak naturally step by step
✔️ Learn better through listening and repetition
✔️ Want a more relaxed and encouraging learning environment

📩 Feel free to message me if you’d like pronunciation practice or beginner Vietnamese lessons.

Tôi sẽ tham dự một khóa học tiếng Việt 2 ngày vào cuối tuần này. Tôi đã biết nội dung khóa học rồi; tôi tham dự chủ yếu để nhận chứng chỉ. Vì vậy, tôi cần một người ngồi bên cạnh có thể dịch sang tiếng Anh, nhưng đây không phải là công việc dịch thuật nặng. Chỉ cần dịch các hướng dẫn cơ bản và giúp tôi theo dõi được luồng chung của khóa học là đủ.

Vì lý do đó, tôi đang tìm một sinh viên đang học tiếng Anh, hoặc ai đó tương tự, muốn kiếm thêm một chút tiền vào cuối tuần. Tuy nhiên, cho đến nay tôi vẫn chưa tìm được ai.

Có vẻ như có rất nhiều kênh để tiếp cận mọi người, nhưng trên thực tế chúng không hoạt động. Ví dụ, có rất nhiều nhóm Facebook với thành viên là người Việt, nhưng các bài đăng hoặc không bao giờ được duyệt hoặc đôi khi bị từ chối tự động. Tôi thậm chí đã thử đăng bài với những từ ngữ đơn giản nhất có thể và không thêm bất kỳ thông tin liên lạc nào, nhưng những bài đó vẫn không được duyệt hoặc bị từ chối ngay lập tức. Tôi tự hỏi liệu có vấn đề gì với tài khoản của mình không, nên đã nhờ người bạn Việt Nam đăng thay, nhưng họ cũng không đăng được. Những nhóm này có hàng trăm nghìn thành viên, vậy mà chúng tôi vẫn không thể đăng một thứ đơn giản như vậy.

Vì vậy, đến thời điểm này, tôi vẫn chưa tiếp cận được người mà tôi đang tìm. Tôi cũng chưa thể đăng bài trong bất kỳ nhóm sinh viên nào để nói rằng tôi đang tìm kiếm ai đó. Nếu ai biết tôi có thể sử dụng kênh nào hoặc làm thế nào để tiếp cận được người phù hợp, tôi thực sự rất biết ơn.

I was born and raised in HCMC, have clear Southern accent and experience in teaching.

I'm currently teaching on Preply and I got my first student yesterday, we did a 50 minutes trial and he booked classes with me immediately after that which I am very grateful for. I'm here in hope that I can find more students to help them out, I'm very dedicated about every lesson I prepare and I'm confident that I'm good at explaining too. My English level is C1 and I can communicate very well in English, so getting you to understand my language (Vietnamese) is not a big deal to me.
However, I believe that the price I'm offering on Preply is very decent but my teaching hour is below 20 hours so the submission is very high (33%), so I'm left with nothing much.
So if you're interested, I can send you the link to my intro video that I have on Preply.

Hi all,

I have been dating my girlfriend for over 2 years now. Her background is Vietnamese (parents born in Vietnam whilst gf born in Australia). I feel like I have gotten along well with her family, they all seem to like me and we all went to Vietnam together at the end of last year for 5 weeks and I met some more extended family.

While I do enjoy the fact that I get along with my girlfriend's family, I do think my relationship with them has stagnated as they mostly speak Viet at home, especially my girlfriend's dad and grandpa who don't speak much English. So I think the next step for me should be to start learning Vietnamese.

I just thought I'd ask this reddit page for the best suggestions of how and where to learn Vietnamese. My girlfriend has told me that duolingo sucks for Viet, and one of my Vietnamese friends told me that a lot of what they teach on duolingo is overly formal and cringe.

For reference, my girlfriends parents are both from the Saigon area (since I know that the dialect is different north vs south).

If anyone has any good suggestions for learning Vietnamese I would love to hear them, particularly if anyone on here is based in Australia (Melbourne).

Thanks!

Tôi rất muốn tham khảo cách dạy Anh Văn cho 2 bé cấp 1 ( từ lớp 1 đến lớp 5), tiếng anh bám sát chương trình Bộ Giáo Dục Việt Nam, Al thì chỉ theo lộ trình nhận thức, tương tác, tư duy phản biện( không học lập trình, chỉ học nhận thức)

I am a special education teacher at a high school. It seems like in my area when students from other cultures have names that are difficult to pronounce or read correctly, they end up adopting some common English name to use at school. I had one girl on my roster whose name started with a Q and I asked her how to pronounce it she said that she just went by “Abby.” I don’t know when or how this practice started, but I’ve my best to work around it and learn the name they were given from their parents. So now I am working with “Kiley” a teen girl with special needs whose verbal skills are VERY limited. One day I noticed a tag on her bag read “Ngaontshia“ and realized she was another one of those cases with a different name. I think as a teacher, particularly working in a special education setting with her, it would really benefit me to learn how her name is actually said. The Internet has been kind of vague with letters and syllables. Any help appreciated.

Hi friends, hoping to get help with a few things.

"I'm from America." Rosetta stone says "Tôi từ nước Mỹ đến" and google translate says "tôi đến từ Mỹ." Is one more common or more correct, or are they basically the same?

"That's my daughter." Does "Đây là con gái tôi" work when my daughter is an adult? I'm using Rosetta stone, and the pics are all children! Similar question, "Em ấy hai mươi sáu tuổ." Is em the right pronoun if I'm talking about my adult daughter?

How about "he's my older brother" when we're both in our 50s? "Đây là ảnh trai em" because I'm younger than my brother? Or does it depend who I'm talking to? What pronoun would I use (instead of em) if I'm talking to someone my age? What about if I'm talking to someone in their 30s?

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

is there anyone in Germany that wants to learn/study vietnamese? I'm a vietnamese guy that grew up in Germany and wants to learn/improve my bad vietnamese for a better connection to my relatives.

Looking for a partner/native speaker that would also like to speak in vietnamese to me to improve the pronunciation and the vocabulary.

DM me if you are interested :)