[Complete Guide] Avoid Extremely Sweet Coffee! The “One Simple Rule” You Can Use Right Now
Vietnamese cafes are cheap, delicious, and the best, right? However, many people are sure to be shocked by the intense sweetness of "Cà phê sữa đá (iced coffee with condensed milk)" after their first day on the job.
Or have you ever had the experience of ordering a cold drink and 90% of the glass was ice, and you finished drinking it in three sips?
"Reduce the sugar," "Reduce the ice cream." These exquisite requests are never conveyed by pointing at the menu.
So the real magic word to learn and master in the fastest time possible is:"Ít（少ない）"That is.
- Less sugar＝Less sugar
- Little ice＝Less ice
Just add this at the end of your order and you're guaranteed to get the flavor you like.
That100%'s easy. From tomorrow, let's say "It's Darr!" I thought. If you're thinking that, please wait a little. Actually, even if you say "It's Darr" in kanji in a cheerful way, it's hardly understood by the staff. They'll just look at you blankly and end the conversation.
Why? Vietnamese is "the sound that comes at the end of a word (final consonant)".Because it is life.
At the end of a word, various consonants such as P, T, CH, and C come, but the biggest point when pronouncing these isIt is in "Where to stop breathing."
For example, in the case of "P", you close your lips and hold your breath tightly.
And the "T" at the end of "Ít" in this case.
It is correct to put the tip of your tongue against the back of your upper teeth and hold your breath.
Imagine the shape of the little "ch" when you pronounce the Japanese word "bairi." You can see the tongue sticking to the back of the upper teeth during the "bairi" sound, and the breath stops.
Try saying "bored" out loud right now.
…How are you?
That feeling of stopping breathing is the sound of the "T" sound in the Vietnamese suffix!
Vietnamese does not require you to memorize complex grammar for years.
Just knowing one of these "rules of mouth movement" will instantly break down the language barrier.
Thank you for reading to the end.
If you want to learn more, you can study the actual pronunciation from YouTube.
Watch the video now and let’s get super-efficient with ordering coffee in Vietnam!
Infor
ZEN COMPANY LIMITED
COO Kanaya Akiko
He moved to Vietnam in 2016 and has been living there for 10 years. He has a unique background as a former police officer. Currently, as COO of the Japanese-language education institution ZEN Foreign Language Center, he teaches practical pronunciation methods that make it easier for Japanese people to communicate quickly.
