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-A Vietnamese word that can be used as the First name(Nguyên, Nguyện), Surname(Nguyên) and Last name(Nguyễn) (rarely at the same time, and sometimes 2/3) (1) -More than half of Vietnameses have family name Nguyen(Nguyễn) -Hard to read af -How to read the word Nguyen: Imma divide the word Nguyễn)i'm gonna use Nguyễn instead of Nguyen from now) into 3 part: +The NG sound +The UYEN sound +The ~ sound(the tonal mark sound) -Step 1: NG sound +Say the word DOING +Remove DO and I, you are left with the NG +Say "uh" while releasing the part of the tounge which is blocking you mouth +Keep practice until you can say it without having any trouble -Step 2: UYEN sound +Say each letter individually ( /u/, /i/, /ə/, /n/ ) +Say each letter faster and faster until you can combine 4 letters to 1 sound +Practice more -Step 3: combine the 2 sounds, practice until you don't have trouble saying Nguyên -Last step: the ~ +Imagine... a hentai girl moaning (not kidding), but instead of yamete (Yãmẽtẽ), she moans Nguyễn +Do your best to replicate the sound(i tried my best here, cuz you don't have tonal marks in the english alphabet) -> and the result: You can say Nguyễn now, it takes lots of practice, but i believe you can make it
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