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Tips and notes

This skill gives you another overview of the Vietnamese alphabet in addition to the first

 Alphabet skill as the nightmare does not end there.

Besides additional letters, tones and additional consonants, there are:

A LOT OF DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS

( took the liberty to not include some diphthongs!triphthongs that are e"tremely

uncommon in daily usage to simplify the list#

Note: $ou do not need to learn these by heart. This is %ust to provide an overview.

• &ith letter a, diphthongs are: oa, oai, ai, ao, au, ay

• &ith letter ', diphthongs are: 'y, 'u

• &ith letter e, diphthongs are: eo, oe

• &ith letter , diphthongs are: u, u

• &ith letter ), diphthongs are: )i

• &ith letter *, diphthongs are: *)i, *i, *u

• &ith letter o, diphthongs are: oi

• &ith letter +, diphthongs are: +i, u+i (triphthong#

AND A LOT MORE

• ach, oang, oanh, anh, an, am

• -c, 'c, -m, 'm, -n, 'm

• ic, im, in, ip

• im, in, inh, ip, it

• ua, *a, u'n, uc, *c, ung, *ng

ach can combine with any consonant and any tones to create a different word, with

different meaning and slightly different sound. magine all the possibilities/ 0on1t worry.

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$ou will master it eventually. 2ust think about thousands of strokes to remember when

learning 3andarin!2apanese, you will feel better.