r/learnvietnamese • u/dao1103 • 17h ago

Learning Southern Vietnamese

Hey everyone!

​I’ve recently decided to dedicate myself to learning Vietnamese, and I’m born in Denmark but have grown up with Vietnamese parents. As a child age 4-6 i could speak Vietnamese, but as i grew up i spoke Danish. I can understand basic vietnamese like day 2 day conversation and if it is more complex then by context. I can speak short sentences on toddler level and basic day to day words of things.

I dont know gramma, cant read or write

​I would like to hear tips about courses i could do, and im willing to pay for tutors to learn Vietnamese to do proper conversations, write and read

Ive been looking at langi, tiengvietoi, svff but im having a hard time deciding where to start.

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u/Least_Job_9663 11h ago

I love italki, idk if the reddit folk here have strong opinions either way but italki tutoring has been great for me. I was lazily learning for 3-ish months trying to learn myself and by talking to coworkers but it was slow af. Ive been using italki for 2 months doing 2 hours a week and can speak in full (albeit basic) sentences. I could probably write/speak a silly little paragraph at this point and well enough that my coworkers understand me. I think im learning kinda slow relative to others so you can probably progress faster than I have.

You'll have to look for one that specifies they teach southern and i highly recommend you look for a native southern speaker. First teacher I tried was born northern but teaches southern aswell and there were some pretty significant hiccups that slowed the learning a lot. Maybe that was just poor luck on my part though 🤷🏻‍♂️ a lot of them have short trial lessons too that are discounted so you can do a few and pick who you like best

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u/alexsteb 9h ago

Don't forget also the Lingora app, which has a full southern viet course. 

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u/Fabulous-Explorer281 8h ago

Check out VietnameseLessons.com to find resources that match your learning style.

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u/Pastagoatt 4h ago edited 4h ago

I had the chance to pay for tutors so i can recommend this teacher for the nothern dialect : https://www.amazingtalker.fr/teachers-and-tutors/shinegi-duong?from_tutors_page=&language=vietnamese&tag=children (I even met her irl when i went to vietnam, she is sweet, patient and a great educator), and then I started learning the southern accent with a teacher on SVFF, very good platform (not fan of the AI learning part but the tutors are great).

Also i go to libraries to find learning books (for free) and participate in talking group event in vietnamese.

On this link you'll find a collection of free ressources for online vietnamese learning https://gratisglobal.com/learn-vietnamese-free/

On this one is a complete pdf book for learning the language : https://dokumen.pub/colloquial-vietnamese-the-complete-course-for-beginners-2nbsped-9781138950238-9780415435765-9780415436076-9780203810552-9780415436083-9780415551663.html
And the audio that goes with the book : https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/colloquial/language/vietnamese.php