Get Help in an Emergency
an urgent situation requiring immediate assistance
Southern Vietnamese
Get Help in an Emergency Phrases
Practical Southern Vietnamese phrases for get help in an emergency.
Quick answer
In one sentence
Cứu tôi với!
- an urgent situation requiring immediate assistance
- Start with: Cứu tôi với!, Gọi cấp cứu giúp tôi..
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an urgent situation requiring immediate assistance
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Cứu tôi với!
Help me!
Start with this line in an urgent situation requiring immediate assistance.
Say it
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CứucuurisingLift the voice upward.tôitoilevelKeep the voice steady and level.vớivoirisingLift the voice upward.
Vietnamese spelling
Cứu→cờ ưu cưu sắc Cứu
tôi→tờ ôi tôi
với→vờ ơi vơi sắc với
Gọi cấp cứu giúp tôi.
Please call an ambulance.
Use this to keep the get help in an emergency exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
GọigoiheavyDrop the voice low and short.cấpcaprisingLift the voice upward.cứucuurisingLift the voice upward.giúpgiuprisingLift the voice upward.tôitoilevelKeep the voice steady and level.
Vietnamese spelling
Gọi→gờ oi goi nặng Gọi
cấp→cờ âp câp sắc cấp
cứu→cờ ưu cưu sắc cứu
giúp→giờ up giup sắc giúp
tôi→tờ ôi tôi
Có người bị thương.
Someone is injured.
Use this to keep the get help in an emergency exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
CócorisingLift the voice upward.ngườinguoifallingStart with the back-of-mouth ng sound.bịbiheavyDrop the voice low and short.thươngthuonglevelKeep the voice steady and level.
Vietnamese spelling
Có→cờ o co sắc Có
người→ngờ ươi ngươi huyền người
bị→bờ i bi nặng bị
thương→thờ ương thương
Tôi đang ở địa chỉ này.
I am at this address.
Use this to keep the get help in an emergency exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
TôitoilevelKeep the voice steady and level.đangdanglevelĐ starts like English d; do not say z.ởodippingDip slightly, then recover.địadiaheavyĐ starts like English d; do not say z.chỉchidippingDip slightly, then recover.nàynayfallingLet the voice fall gently.
Vietnamese spelling
Tôi→tờ ôi tôi
đang→đờ ang đang
ở→ơ hỏi ở
địa→đờ ia đia nặng địa
chỉ→chờ i chi hỏi chỉ
này→nờ ay nay huyền này
Tôi cần cảnh sát.
I need the police.
Use this to keep the get help in an emergency exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
TôitoilevelKeep the voice steady and level.cầncanfallingKeep the final n short.cảnhcanhdippingDip slightly, then recover.sátsatrisingLift the voice upward.
Vietnamese spelling
Tôi→tờ ôi tôi
cần→cờ ân cân huyền cần
cảnh→cờ anh canh hỏi cảnh
sát→sờ at sat sắc sát
Practice ladder
- 1Listen once at normal speed.
- 2Shadow each line at slow speed.
- 3Complete the situation without reading.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate a long English sentence word by word.
- Keep the relationship pronoun or politeness marker used in the model line.
Cultural notes
- Use standard nationwide vocabulary with a natural Southern rhythm in an urgent situation requiring immediate assistance.
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