Learn 10 hardest words to pronounce
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| Xin chào các bạn! Tôi là Linh. |
| Hello, everyone! This is Linh and welcome back to Vietnamese Top Words. Today, our topic is going to be 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce. |
| Let's go! |
| 1. đường "sugar" |
| For example... |
| Cho tôi một ly cà-phê không đường. "Can I have a coffee without sugar, please?" |
| And also, đường means "on my way" and "on the road." |
| For example, |
| Tôi đang ở trên đường. "I'm on my way." |
| Ở trên đường. "on the road" or "on my way" |
| Tôi đang ở trên đường. |
| đường |
| 2. giây "second" |
| For example... |
| Chờ tôi mấy giây! "Just a moment please!" |
| Chờ tôi mấy giây! |
| This sound is not like J or G sound in English, but it's similar to Z sound. |
| Giây. Z. So you try and practice. |
| Giây |
| And actually, there is another word pronounced similarly. |
| sợi dây "the rope" |
| sợi dây |
| So giây is "second" |
| and sợi dây is "the rope" |
| 3. khách "guest" |
| For example... |
| Cô ấy là khách của tôi. "She is my guest." |
| So in Vietnamese, you can also use khách for client, guest, or customers, they are all khách. |
| For example, |
| Ông ấy là khách hàng của tôi. "He is my customer." |
| khách |
| You have to go up a little bit, just like up, when you say "up." |
| So it's going to be up. |
| khách |
| 4. kính "eyeglasses" |
| kính is "sunglasses." And you gonna miss the consonant K and C pronounced exactly the same |
| For example, |
| kính cận is K and C, but actually pronounced similar. |
| You can use it in sentences like |
| Tôi phải đeo kính cận từ nhỏ. "I've had to wear eyeglasses since I was small." |
| Tôi phải đeo kính cận từ nhỏ. |
| Or, Tôi để quên kính ở nhà rồi. "I forgot my eyeglasses at home." |
| 5. quyển sách "book" |
| I know it's really hard for foreigners to pronounce this one because it's 2 sounds together, and 2 really hard sounds, actually. |
| quyển sách |
| But if you practice, like, the same accent or same tone, for example, the word quyển vở is a "notebook". |
| quyển vở |
| And then you change to quyển sách, maybe it's gonna be better. |
| quyển sách |
| For example... |
| Đây là quyển sách của cô ấy. "This is her book." |
| Or, |
| Đây là quyển vở của cô ấy. "This is her notebook." |
| 6. thủy thủ "sailor" |
| I know this one is really difficult for you to practice because these are 2 different words but the same tone, right? |
| So the key is, you better bend your voice a little bit. Just like, quyển vở. |
| Just like the word quyển vở. |
| thủy thủ |
| For example, in a sentence, |
| Tàu này có 10 thuỷ thủ. "This boat has 10 sailors." |
| Or, |
| Tôi muốn trở thành thủy thủ. "I want to be a sailor." |
| Tôi muốn trở thành thủy thủ. |
| So, thủy thủ. |
| 7. trâu "buffalo" |
| In a sentence, |
| Ở nông thôn có rất nhiều trâu. "There are many buffaloes in the countryside." |
| Or something else, |
| Con trâu là biểu tượng của nông thôn Việt Nam. |
| The buffalo is a symbol of the Vietnamese rural (countryside). |
| 8. đọc "to read" |
| You remember this word had a similar rhyme with the word ngọc "jade" |
| ngọc. |
| And this one is đọc. |
| So you have to pronounce it very clear and very strong, đọc. |
| In a sentence, |
| Tôi thích đọc sách vào thời gian rảnh. "I'd like to read a book in my leisure time." |
| Chúng ta nên đọc sách mỗi tuần. "We should read a book every week." |
| Chúng ta nên đọc sách mỗi tuần. |
| 9. kiến "ant" |
| And the rhyme of the word kiến is made from the letters iến, and when you go faster, it's going to be like this - |
| iến, iến, iến |
| kiến, kiến |
| That's how you practice. |
| For example, |
| Kiến thích đồ ngọt. "Ants like sweet stuff." |
| So try kiến. |
| 10. nhanh "fast" |
| For example, |
| Anh ấy chạy rất nhanh. "He runs very fast." |
| Or, |
| Quá nhanh quá nguy hiểm. "Too fast, too furious." |
| Quá nhanh quá nguy hiểm. |
| So nhanh. |
| Ok, that's all for today, 10 hard 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce |
| And maybe next time it's going to be 10 Easiest Words to Pronounce for you to practice more Vietnamese. |
| I hope you enjoy today's video, and if you have any question or recommendation for the next topic, please let me know in the comment below. |
| I'm Linh. Thank you so much for watching the video, and see you soon! |
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