ABSTRACT

Vietnamese: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to modern Vietnamese. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections.

Features include:

  • Clear and up-to-date examples of modern usage.
  • Special attention to those points which often cause problems to English-speaking learners.
  • Vietnamese / English comparisons and contrasts highlighted throughout.

The final section covers pronunciation, providing an introduction to the syllable structure of Vietnamese, and highlighting common errors made by English-speaking learners. Accompanying audio tracks for this chapter are available at www.routledge.com/9781138210707.

Vietnamese: An Essential Grammar is ideal for learners involved in independent study and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.

chapter Chapter 1|49 pages

Nouns, noun phrases and their components

chapter Chapter 2|57 pages

Verbs, verb phrases and their components

chapter Chapter 3|12 pages

Adjectives, adjective phrases and their components

chapter Chapter 4|33 pages

Word-formation

chapter Chapter 5|77 pages

Sentences

chapter Chapter 6|44 pages

Problem words, phrases and constructions

chapter Chapter 7|23 pages

Pronunciation