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How to count in Vietnamese

Chào! Vietnamese Learners! 😃

➡ In today's lesson you will learn how to count in Vietnamese.

Happy learning!

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: Seasons, Nature and Environment, Count to 10 & Hobbies.

Negotiating, placing an order at a restaurant or in a fast food restaurant, or even simply to drink something, knowing how to count in Vietnamese can be very useful on a daily basis.

What are the rules and pronunciations?

If you've ever faced the Vietnamese language, you know that it is very difficult to make yourself understood, as the slightest deviation in pronunciation can give your sentence a very different meaning - or no meaning at all. However, counting remains within the reach of all and will make you gain sympathy as well as in your many negotiations.

In general, be aware that to give a price you don't have to say the thousand. Example for 100,000 VND you will only say 100.

We must emphasize the importance of accents, with pronunciations and tones that can sometimes be totally different depending on the region in which you are located.

Cardinal numbers (số) in Vietnamese

The numbers from 10 to 100

Some peculiarities for the numbers.

• The number 1 "Một" gains an accent "mốt" from the twenties.
• The number 4 "Bốn" is transformed into "tư" from the twenties (not always used).
• The number 5 "Năm" becomes "Lăm" when used as a unit (above 10).
• The number 10 "mười" loses an accent on the "o" from the twenties which gives us "mươi".

The numbers from 101 to 1000

The structure is the same with one exception:

When there is a "0" in the middle of the number, it is pronounced "lẻ" in the south and "linh" in the north, for example "một trăm lẻ một" (Mot Tcham Les Mot) or "một trăm linh một" ( Word Tcham Line Word) to say 101.

Table of Cardinal Numbers from zero to one milion

Cardinal Number	Tiếng Việt
0	không
1	một
2	hai
3	ba
4	bốn
5	năm
6	sáu
7	bảy
8	tám
9	chín
10	mười
11	mười một
12	mười hai
13	mười ba
14	mười bốn
15	mười lăm
16	mười sáu
17	mười bảy
18	mười tám
19	mười chín
20	hai mười
30	ba mười
40	bốn mười
50	năm mười
60	sáu mười
70	bảy mười
80	tám mười
90	chín mười
100	một trăm
1,000	một nghìn, một ngàn
1,000,000	một triệu
1,000,000,000	một tỷ

Ordinal Numbers in Vietnamese

	Tiếng Việt	English
1st	đầu tiên	first
2nd	thứ hai	second
3rd	thứ ba	third

Fractions in Vietnamese

	Tiếng Việt	English
1/2	một nửa	half
1/3	một phần ba	third
1/4	một phần tư	quarter
%	phần trăm	percent

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