Syllable (Vowels with vowels)¶

We can combine vowels together to form rhymes:¶

a, ă, â, e, ê, o, ô, ơ, i, y, u, ư¶

Some examples for common rhymes with pictures:¶

• AO, AU sounds similar with “AO” and ÂU sounds similar h wit“AU” in English (**The difference of these 3 mainly bases on the lenght of the sound)¶

aoau¶

Chào – Hi¶

/Chao/¶

ship 2¶

Tàu – Ship¶

/Tao/¶

Cầu – Bridge¶

/Kau/¶

• AI sounds similar with “AI”¶

AY sounds similar with “AY”¶

ÂY sounds similar  with “EI” in English¶

(**The difference of these 3 mainly bases on the lenght of the sound)¶

aiay¶

Hai – Two¶

/Hai/¶

Cay – Spicy¶

/Kay/¶

Tây – West¶

/Tei/¶

(Vietnamese use “Tây” to call westerner or white people too)¶

• OI, ÔI sounds similar with “OI” in English (**The difference of these 2  bases on the lenght of the sound.)¶

oi2 2¶

Nói – Speak¶

/Noi/¶

Tôi – I/me/myself¶

/Toi/¶

• OE and OA have O as middle vowel so E and A are the main vowels, it sounds like¶

W in between¶

Khoẻ – Fine (Greeting)¶

/Khwe/¶

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Hoa – Flower¶

/Hwa/¶

• EO sounds similar with “EL” in English¶

Heo – Pig (Southern Vietnamese)¶

/Hel/¶

• ÊU sounds similar with “EW” in English but with Ê mouth shape¶

Lều – Tent¶

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/Leu/¶

• ƠI sounds similar with “OI” in English but with Ơ mouth shape¶

Trời ơi – OMG¶

/Troi oi/¶