Đường phố ngày Chủ Nhật ở nơi mình sống
A2 Vietnamese listening practice · Southern Vietnamese · Curated for beginners
Why is Sunday called “Chủ Nhật” in Vietnamese?
Vietnamese names most weekdays by number: Thứ Hai (Monday, “second day”), Thứ Ba (Tuesday, “third”), Thứ Tư (Wednesday, “fourth”), all the way to Thứ Bảy (Saturday, “seventh”). Sunday breaks the pattern: it’s Chủ Nhật, literally “Lord’s Day.” The term entered Vietnamese through Portuguese Catholic missionaries in the 17th century, who arrived alongside the Quốc ngữ romanized writing system. The Christian frame stuck even though most Vietnamese aren’t Catholic. Modern Vietnamese keeps the religious origin word despite the country’s mostly Buddhist and folk-religious population.
In this clip, a vlogger walks through quiet city streets: “Hôm nay là Chủ Nhật... không có ai cả vào Chủ Nhật, đặc biệt là vào buổi sáng” (“today is Sunday... no one is around on Sunday, especially in the morning”).
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Vietnamese listening practice listening practice?
General Vietnamese frequency
Spoken Vietnamese frequency
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Vietnamese calendar apps, scheduling tools, and news headlines
- ▸In Vietnamese family weekend-routine vlogs
- ▸In Vietnamese church and pagoda announcements
- ▸In Vietnamese language-learning textbooks and apps
- ▸In Vietnamese workplace and school schedules