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BeginnerUnit 210 min
Numbers and money
Counting to a million, because that’s a sandwich in đồng
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Vietnamese numbers are regular and quick to learn. The only trick is that prices back home have a lot of zeros, so “fifty” usually means fifty thousand.
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Vocabulary
một
Say it like · moht
one
hai
Say it like · high
two
ba
Say it like · bah
three
bốn
Say it like · bohn
four
năm
Say it like · nahm
five
mười
Say it like · moo-uh-ee
ten
trăm
Say it like · chahm
hundred
nghìn / ngàn
Say it like · ngeen / ngahn
thousand (N / S)
tiền
Say it like · tee-en
money
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Phrases
Bao nhiêu tiền?
How much is it?
Năm chục ngàn.
Fifty thousand (đồng).
Southern shorthand: “chục” = ten.
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Tips
- “Mười lăm” not “mười năm” for fifteen. The five changes shape after ten.
- Twenty-one is “hai mươi mốt”, not “hai mươi một”. One also changes shape.