<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>HiAn — Guides to learning Vietnamese</title><description>Practical guides to the parts of Vietnamese that actually stop learners: pronouns, tones, regional differences and what to say to your partner’s family.</description><link>https://hian.study/</link><language>en-US</language><item><title>Vietnamese for heritage speakers who understand but cannot speak</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/heritage-speakers-vietnamese/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/heritage-speakers-vietnamese/</guid><description>If you grew up hearing Vietnamese at home and freeze when it is your turn, ordinary beginner courses make it worse. Here is why, and what to do instead.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>heritage</category><category>method</category><category>family</category></item><item><title>How long does it take to learn Vietnamese?</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/how-long-to-learn-vietnamese/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/how-long-to-learn-vietnamese/</guid><description>An honest timeline based on what actually gets hard: the grammar goes fast, the tones take a few months, and the pronoun system is the part that decides whether you sound fluent.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>beginners</category><category>method</category></item><item><title>Meeting your Vietnamese partner&apos;s parents: what to actually say</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/meeting-vietnamese-parents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/meeting-vietnamese-parents/</guid><description>The first meeting, in the order it happens: how to greet them, what to call them, what to bring, what to do at the table, and the sentences worth memorising beforehand.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>family</category><category>culture</category><category>relationships</category></item><item><title>Northern or Southern Vietnamese: which one should you learn?</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/northern-vs-southern-vietnamese/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/northern-vs-southern-vietnamese/</guid><description>The practical differences between Hanoi and Saigon Vietnamese — pronunciation, vocabulary and tones — and a simple rule for deciding which to speak.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>dialects</category><category>pronunciation</category></item><item><title>The six Vietnamese tones, explained by what they do to your voice</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/vietnamese-tones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/vietnamese-tones/</guid><description>Vietnamese has six tones and they are pitch movements, not pitch heights. Here is what each one does, which pairs learners confuse, and the practice that actually fixes them.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>tones</category><category>pronunciation</category></item><item><title>베트남어 6성조, 목소리가 무엇을 하는지로 설명하기</title><link>https://hian.study/ko/blog/vietnamese-tones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/ko/blog/vietnamese-tones/</guid><description>베트남어의 여섯 성조는 높이가 아니라 움직임입니다. 각 성조가 목소리에 시키는 일, 학습자가 헷갈리는 짝, 그리고 실제로 교정되는 연습 방법.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>ko-KR</language><category>성조</category><category>발음</category></item><item><title>Vietnamese pronouns: the complete guide to who you call what</title><link>https://hian.study/blog/vietnamese-pronouns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/blog/vietnamese-pronouns/</guid><description>Vietnamese has no neutral &apos;you&apos;. This guide explains the kinship pronoun system — anh, chị, em, cô, chú, bác — with the age rules, the self-reference rule, and what to do when you guess wrong.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>en-US</language><category>pronouns</category><category>grammar</category><category>family</category></item><item><title>베트남어 호칭 완전 정리: 누구를 뭐라고 부를 것인가</title><link>https://hian.study/ko/blog/vietnamese-pronouns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://hian.study/ko/blog/vietnamese-pronouns/</guid><description>베트남어에는 중립적인 &apos;너&apos;가 없습니다. anh, chị, em, cô, chú, bác 호칭 체계를 나이 기준과 자기 호칭 규칙, 틀렸을 때의 대처까지 정리했습니다.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><language>ko-KR</language><category>호칭</category><category>문법</category><category>가족</category></item></channel></rss>