TELLING TIME IN VIETNAMESE

It’s important to learn how to give time in Vietnamese. In this lesson, we will help you to master telling time in this language in a few minutes! 

Let’s start!

NUMBER REVIEW

In order to learn how to tell time in Vietnamese, it’s important to learn about Vietnamese Numbers here. 

For now, let’s brush up counting from 1 to 60 in Vietnamese:

ASKING FOR THE TIME

In Vietnamese, when you ask for the time, you use the following phrase: 

If we break down the words: 

Mấy: How many 

Giờ: Hour 

It is an interesting point about asking the time in Vietnamese. We do not normally ask “What time” but “How many hours/time?” 

There is another common way to ask about time in Vietnamese: 

GIVING THE TIME IN VIETNAMESE

Just follow this pattern to answer straightly to the question “MẤY GIỜ?” 

Giờ: hour (o’clock) 
Phút: minute 
Giây: second

Note: You can say “rưỡi” to express “half-past” and “kém” to express “to” 

For example: 

MORNING / NOON / AFTERNOON / EVENING

Unlike English, there are more than 2 ways to express “am/pm” in Vietnamese. It is often to indicate time in morning time, noon time, afternoon time and evening time: 

Example: 

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  Subject + ở (to be) + prepositions + object

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  -

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  Number + cái + non-living thing

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• Expressing "and" in Vietnamese

  Noun 1 + và + Noun 2

• "Should" & "shouldn't" in Vietnamese

  Subject + nên + verb

• Expressing similarities in Vietnamese

  Noun 1 + giống như + Noun 2 

• Making requests in Vietnamese

  Subject + vui lòng + verb + ạ! 

• Expressing "as soon as" in Vietnamese

  Ngay khi + clause A, clause B 

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  Subject + chưa + verb

• Expressing desire in Vietnamese

  Subject  + muốn + noun / verb / adjective

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  Rất + adjective!

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  Làm sao + đi đến + destination? 

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  Có thể + Verb