Vietnamese Pronunciation #10: Vietnamese tones - A useful tone rule Video Lecture | Learn to speak Vietnamese (Basic Level)

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at home for beginners it is very
difficult to recognize the six tones in
Vietnamese we can hear the tone rising
or falling but distinguishing which one
is which is a much harder task however
there is a very useful rule which can
help us to narrow down the possibilities
and give us more chances to write the
tone of the word correctly
it's lended today first there are eight
final consonants in Vietnamese as follow
the four final consonants on the second
roll share one feature they are all stop
and voiceless consonants when these four
consonants and the syllable they will
shorten the syllable second there are
six tones in Vietnamese Man Man Man Man
Man Man in which the last two tones
number five man and number six ma are
the extremes because they are the
highest and lowest tones there are also
the two steepest tones because if rise
or fall very quickly from the two points
above we can match a rule a syllable
that ends with will be able to carry two
and only two of the six tones number
five man and number six MA
the other four tones man man man man
cannot appear in a word with ending so
with this rule under you about
recognizing tones should get much easier
now let's check how much you have
learned I will give you eight words with
ending and they are missing the tones
please get a piece of paper and write
the tones of these words ready go yeah
dad mum mum but but what what
keep-keep shop shop good lord - what -
what very easy right you just need to
hear if I raise or lower the tone if the
tone is high it is surely tone five dad
but deep shop if the tone is low it is
surely tone six mum what Lord do what so
that's it for today thanks for watching
and remember never write tones Man Man
Man Man four words with a ending since
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