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Practice 3b:  A, a
Listen, then practice each sound below.

má   má (South)
  		 mả   con bạch mã
 ma   
mà - yet;
 final particle 		nhà  - house đã - tense marker
 quá - very


Listen and pay attention to the tones and pauses of each sentence below.
Then practice saying each sentence aloud a couple times.

1. Ba mi má bé Tí.  
      (Dad kisses Ti's cheeks.)              *mi: colloquial of hôn - to kiss
2. Nhà bà Hà có ma.
    (Mrs. Hà's house is haunted/has ghosts.)
3. Con bạch mã nhà ai mà đẹp quá?  
    (Whose house has a such beautiful white horse?)
4. Mả má đã có nhiều cỏ mà! 
    (Mother's grave already has a lot of weeds [don't you know?])
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