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Spelling the vowels of the alphabet

The name of the vowels is the same as when they are pronounced without a tone:

A, Ă, O, Ô, E, Ê, U, …

Exception: the letter “Â” is called “ấ” to differentiate it from the letter “Ơ” which is said without tone like the others.

The “I” and the “Y” or “Greek I”

The letter “I” is called “i ngắn” (short i because » have « in Vietnamese =“ouch”in French)
The letter “Y” is called “i dài” (i long because and“ay”in Vietnamese = » hate « in French)

For consonants, we read the consonant(s) by adding the letter “ờ”.
Example: The letter “C” is read Cờ .

Don’t forget that some letters include 2 letters:

The “H” can be said “hờ” or “hát” and other consonants like B, C, Đ, etc. can be read as in French where B is read “bé” , C is read “cé” , D is reads “dice” .

In Vietnamese, there is no letter“P”(there is only “Ph”) so we call it the“Bờ phở”(the B of phở) because “phở” begins with a “P”.
As to“B”, we pronounce it“Bờ bò “ (the B of beef) because “ bò ” (beef) begins with a “B”. It’s a bit like saying « Dominique’s ‘D' » or « Sébastien’s ‘S' »

In Vietnamese, the S can be said as a descending “cheuh”.
And if we pronounce the “S” like an “X” that is to say like a “ç” in French, then we will call the S “Sờ sẽ” (the S of sẽ) and the
As for the X that is pronounced

Dấu = your(s)

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