“Vì” / “Do” / “Bởi vì” are expressions that mean “because” in Vietnamese. 

You add NOUN behind “vì” / “do”/ “bởi vì” to indicate a cause or a reason. 

Vì / Do/ Bởi vì + Noun / Personal pronouns

For example:

Vì anh! Because of you! 

Tôi làm việc vì gia đình! I go to work because of my family! 

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You can also add ADJECTIVE behind “vì” / “do”/ “bởi vì” to indicate a cause or a reason. 

Vì / Do / Bởi vì + Adjective

For example:

Tôi ăn vì đói. I eat because I am hungry 

Tôi uống vì khát. I drink because I am thirsty 

In order to express “because…so…” (or so-called as cause-result relationship), you can use this sentence structure:  

Vì / Do / Bởi vì + (cause) + nên (result) 

For example:

Vì tôi xinh đẹp nên anh ấy yêu tôi 

Because I am pretty, he loves me 

Vì trời nóng nên tôi đổ mồ hôi 

Because the weather is hot, I sweat a lot 

The Vietnamese language structure is SVO, meaning sentences are built according to Subject + Verb + Object.

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Learn more about the Vietnamese sentence structure here.

When indicating “You” with no specific gender and “You” is at the same position level as yours, you can use: Bạn 

When indicating “You” with no specific gender and “You” is at a lower position level than yours, you call: 

Con or Cháu (as a child/ a grandchild) 

Em (as a younger brother/a younger sister)

When indicating “You” with male-gender and “You” is at a higher position level than yours, you call:

Anh (as an older brother)

Chú (as an uncle)

Ông (as a very old man)

When indicating “You” with female gender and “You” is at a higher position level than yours, you call:

Chị (as an older sister)

Cô (as an aunt)

Bà (as a very old woman)

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