How to count Vietnamese numbers in North and South

Let’s master how to count numbers in Vietnamese this time. Since pronunciation is different in the northern part and southern part and usage is different, please check each place’s usage and master them.

Personal nouns and useful Vietnamese phrases are available in the last article!

How to count numbers（until 2 digits）

Number 0-10

Number 11-20

In 11-20, mưòi comes first, followed by a one-digit number (this is the same as how to count Japanese numbers).

There are some numbers you you should be careful.  At 15, you don’t use năm , use lăm instead of it.

Also at 20, we use mươi instead of mười (pronunciation tone sign is different).

Number after 21

The thing to watch out after 21 is that một changes to mỗt and mưòi becomes muoi. Pronunciation tone will change so be careful.

In addition, in the northern part like Hanoi, there is a case using tư to represent 4 after 21.

After 30 it will be similarly bốn mưoi. But at 50 we will return to năm mưoi. Also, it is not necessary for mưoi to be 21 or later.

How to count numbers（After 3 digits）

Here we will introduce how to count from 100. Even after 100, the last two digits are as you have learned so far.

Summary

How was the way to count Vietnamese numbers? I think that it is not difficult if even rules can be found. However, there are some different pronunciations in the north and the south, so let’s be careful.