Every building block the textbook uses, on one page. Use the moon/sun button in the top-right corner to check both themes.
Colors
--bg--surface--surface-2--border--muted--text--btn-bg--south--good--badTypography
Eyebrow label
Heading one
Heading three
Body text is set in Inter at 16px. Vietnamese has stacked accents like ế, ộ and ữ, so the line height leaves room for them: Tiếng Việt có sáu dấu thanh. Here is a link, some bold text, some italic text and a bit of inline code.
A lead paragraph introduces a chapter and is slightly larger and softer.
Captions and helper text use the muted color at 14px.
Học, học nữa, học mãi. (Study, study more, study forever.)
- Unordered list item
- Another item with a clickable word:
- A third item
- First step
- Second step
- Third step
[[xin chào]] a clickable word
[[đ :: đờ]] shown as "đ", spoken as "đờ"
Clickable words
Inline in a sentence: say to greet someone and to say thank you. Longer phrases work too:
When the spoken form differs from what's shown, like a letter name: the letter is called đờ.
Buttons
Callouts
Say each word out loud before you click it, then compare. Guessing first trains your ear much faster than just listening.
In Saigon, is said like the English y in "yes", so (happy) sounds like "yui".
and sound the same in the South, but they're still spelled differently, so learn both marks.
Tables
| Vietnamese | Sounds like | English |
|---|---|---|
| sin chow | hello | |
| gahm uhn | thank you | |
| sin loy | sorry | |
| yah | yes (polite, Southern) | |
| khohm | no |
| Tone | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ngang | ghost | |
| sắc | mother | |
| huyền | but | |
| hỏi | grave | |
| ngã | horse | |
| nặng | rice seedling |
Cards
A plain card
Cards hold grouped content without a link. No shadows: they sit on a slightly warmer surface instead.
Dialogue
- Lan: Hello!
- Minh: Hi. What's your name?
- Lan: My name is Lan.
- Minh: Nice to meet you.
Reveal
Show the answer
The word is mạ, with the nặng tone: low, short and heavy.
Why are there only five tones in the South?
Southern speakers pronounce hỏi and ngã the same way, so in practice you hear five tones, not six.
Components
Tone drill
Minimal pair
Sentence builder
Tone checker
Press Record and say the word. The first time, it asks for a flat "aaa" to learn your normal voice level. Your recording stays in your browser.