To express as soon as in Vietnamese you can use Ngay khi.

It is used to emphasize that one action happens immediately after another. It connects two events that are tightly linked in time, with the second event happening right after the first.

Ngay khi + clause A, clause B 

Ngay khi thấy ăn trộm, tôi báo cảnh sát lập tức!
I called a police as soon as I found a thief

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Another slightly different way to say as soon as in Vietnamese is Vừa mới.

It is often used to express actions that happened very recently or to emphasize that something has just been completed.

Subject + vừa mới + verb, clause

Tôi vừa mới thấy ăn trộm, tôi báo cảnh sát lập tức!
I called a police as soon as I found a thief

Ngay khi is used to emphasize that one action happens immediately after another.

Vừa mới is often used to express actions that happened very recently or to emphasize that something has just been completed.

Almost in Vietnamese can be expressed by using the words gần như and hầu như.

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Learn more about almost in Vietnamese here.

Or in Vietnamese can be expressed by using the words hoặc and hay.

In Vietnamese you will use the word “hoặc” to give more than two options in a sentence.

N1/ V1/ A1 + hoặc + N2/ V2/ A2 (+ hoặc + N3/ V3/ A3)

Cái bàn hoặc cái ghế
Table or chair

Another way to say “or” in Vietnamese is with the word hay. It is used between nouns, verbs and adjectives.

The two words hay and hoặc can be use interchangeably and equally in any situation.

N1/ V1/ A1 + hay + N2/ V2/ A2 (+ hay + N3/ V3/ A3)

Con gái hay con trai
Girl or boy? 

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Learn more about how to say or in Vietnamese here.

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