Editing Vietnamese language (section)

==Grammar==
{{Main|Vietnamese grammar|Vietnamese morphology}}

Vietnamese, like Thai and many languages in Southeast Asia, is an [[analytic language]]. Vietnamese does not use [[morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] marking of [[Grammatical case|case]], [[grammatical gender|gender]], [[grammatical number|number]] or [[grammatical tense|tense]] (and, as a result, has no [[finite verb|finite]]/[[Non-finite verb|nonfinite]] distinction).{{efn|Comparison note: As such its grammar relies on word order and sentence structure rather than morphology (in which word changes through [[inflection]]). Whereas European languages tend to use morphology to express tense, Vietnamese uses [[grammatical particles]] or syntactic constructions.}} Also like other languages in the region, Vietnamese syntax conforms to [[subject–verb–object]] [[word order]], is [[head-initial]] (displaying modified-[[Grammatical modifier|modifier]] ordering), and has a noun [[Classifier (linguistics)|classifier]] system. Additionally, it is [[pro-drop]], [[wh-in-situ]], and allows [[verb serialization]].

Some Vietnamese sentences with English word [[Interlinear gloss|glosses]] and translations are provided below.

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|Minh là {giáo viên}
|Minh BE teacher.
|"Minh is a teacher."}}

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|Trí 13 tuổi
|Trí 13 age
|"Trí is 13 years old,"}}

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|Mai {có vẻ} là {sinh viên} hoặc {học sinh}.
|Mai seem BE {student (college)} or {student (under-college)}
|"Mai seems to be a college or high school student."}}

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|Tài đang nói.
|Tài PRES.CONT talk
|"Tài is talking."}}

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|Giáp rất cao.
|Giáp INT tall
|"Giáp is very tall."}}

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|Người đó là anh của nó.
|person that.DET BE {older brother} POSS 3.PRO
|"That person is his/her brother."}}

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|Con chó này chẳng {bao giờ} sủa cả.
|CL dog DET NEG ever bark all
|"This dog never barks at all."}}

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|Nó chỉ ăn cơm {Việt Nam} thôi.
|3.PRO just eat rice.FAM Vietnam only
|"He/she/it only eats Vietnamese rice (or food, especially spoken by the elderly)."}}

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|Tôi thích con ngựa đen.
|1.PRO like CL horse black
|"I like the black horse."}}

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|Tôi thích cái con ngựa đen đó.
|1.PRO like FOC CL horse black DET
|"I like that black horse."}}

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|Hãy {ở lại} đây ít phút {cho tới} khi tôi quay lại.
|HORT stay here few minute until when 1.PRO turn again
|"Please stay here for a few minutes until I return."}}