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Word Construction Initial + Final, Final Sound - Coggle Diagram
Word Construction
Initial + Final
each word is one syllable
Every Syllable has
Final Sound
vần (rhyme - final) Vowels (V) &/or (C) single & compound consonants
dấu (sign of the tone) placed over a vowel
Rule 1 - place the tone mark over the vowel with a diacritic ă â ê ô ơ ư
Rule 2 - first vowel closest to the center of the rhyme Ex1. xoai ( x + oai) a is the centre of the rhyme: xoài Ex 2: Hoa (H+oa) the centre is the space between o and a, so use the first vowel: Hòa. Ex 3: oan (no onset) a is the centre: oán
Rule 3 - for 'iê, ươ, uô, ia, yê, ưa, ua' you always put the tone over the second vowel
Rule 4 - When another vowel follows after 'o', the tone is over that vowel Ex: hoà (tone over 'a') khoẻ (tone over 'e') (corrected by typing software)
+ Tone
flat (no) tone is a tone that requires practice
âm đầu (first sound) onset
No initial Consonants
17 Single Consonants
b c d đ g h k l m n p q r s t x y
10 x Compound Consonants
ch tr ngh nh ph th ng kh qu gi
Initial Consonant (IC) - (not always used)
IC not used. Examples: ô = umbrella ở = in or at (place)
V (single vowel) phở đi
VC ă+n = ăn (eat) ngon
VV H+o+a = hoa tôi
VVC đoán, muốn
IC + VVC
VVV Kh + uya = khuya, & yêu
VVVC Nguyễn Huyền
IC + VVVC
IC + VVV
IC + VV
IC + VC
IC + V
V