lẻ

zero tens

A1 · estimate

Typed without accents: le

Meaning

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. zero tens

    number

    Fills an empty tens place inside a number: 105 is một trăm lẻ năm, 2,005 is hai ngàn không trăm lẻ năm. Without it, một trăm năm would be heard as 150.

    In Hà Nội: linh.

    In Hà Nội you say linh.

    Saigon onlyGrammar: Empty places in numbers: lẻ / linh, không trăm

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