c or k?
Same /k/ sound. Write K before i, e, ê, y, and C before every other vowel.
kẹo · kêu · kỳ · cá · cơm · con
How to pronounce cà phê sữa đá
cà phê sữa đá
- Without marks
- ca phe sua da
- Syllables
- 4 · cà · phê · sữa · đá
- Tone
- cà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · phê: ngang (no mark · level) · sữa: ngã (tilde · broken rising) · đá: sắc (acute accent · high rising)
- Meaning
- iced coffee with condensed milk
cà phê sữa đá, block by block
Each line adds one piece. Read it aloud, then tap a card to compare: a consonant plays the way it is spelled at school (ph = “phờ”).
Syllable 1 · cà
Syllable 2 · phê
Syllable 3 · sữa
Syllable 4 · đá
Spelled the Vietnamese school waycờ a ca huyền cà — phờ ê phê — ươ ưa sờ ưa sưa ngã sữa — đờ a đa sắc đá
cà phê sữa đáiced coffee with condensed milk
Every tone
The same letters without a tone (the root), then with each tone the spelling allows: some are words, some only possible syllables.
Syllable 1 · cà
Syllable 2 · phê
Syllable 3 · sữa
Syllable 4 · đá
Southern or Northern?
South · Sài Gòn
- s = x
- ngã = hỏi
North · Hà Nội
- s = x
Same sound, different spelling: the accent changes the sound, never the written word.
Read cà phê sữa đá? Then you can read these
Same rhyme, same tone: only the first consonant changes. That's how the app teaches reading, from words you know to every word that sounds like them.
Like cà
- làto be
- vàand
- màbut
- nhàhouse, home
- à(question/surprise particle)
- bàgrandmother
- giàold
- gàchicken
Like phê
- êhey!
- ghêdisgusting
- mêto be crazy about
- đêdike, levee
- kêmillet
- dêgoat
- lêpear
- chêto criticize, belittle
Like sữa
- nữamore, further
- giữain the middle
- bữameal
- chữato treat, repair
- rữato decompose, rot
- vữamortar
Like đá
- giáprice
- kháquite, fairly good
- cáfish
- láleaf
- pháto destroy
- áAsia
- mámom
- nháto chew
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ươ or ưa?
One vowel: written ươ when a final follows (nước), ưa when there is none (mưa).
nước · đường · mưa · cửa
hỏi or ngã?
Two different marks in writing (hook / tilde). In the South they sound the same: only knowing the word tells you which.
ngủ · phở · sữa · mũi
Quick answers
How do you pronounce cà phê sữa đá?
Block by block: a → c → ca → huyền → cà · ê → ph → phê · ươ → ưa → s → sưa → ngã → sữa · a → đ → đa → sắc → đá. Tone: cà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · phê: ngang (no mark · level) · sữa: ngã (tilde · broken rising) · đá: sắc (acute accent · high rising). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.
What tone is cà phê sữa đá?
cà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · phê: ngang (no mark · level) · sữa: ngã (tilde · broken rising) · đá: sắc (acute accent · high rising)
Is cà phê sữa đá said differently in the South and the North?
South · Sài Gòn: s = x, ngã = hỏi. North · Hà Nội: s = x.
What does cà phê sữa đá mean?
iced coffee with condensed milk
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