Vietnamese Grammar Bank

HOW TO USE VIETNAMESE ADJECTIVES

Vietnamese adjectives are pretty easy to use once you understand the sentence structures required to form sentences.

We teach you 3 simple sentence structures to start using Vietnamese adjectives immediately.

SUBJECT + ADJECTIVE

You can add one or more adjectives behind the subject to make a statement about a person, an animal, a thing, or an event. 

PATTERN

Subject + Adjective

NOTE || Add “và” between 2 or more adjectives 

Please check the lesson about Vietnamese Negation to learn how to make a negative sentence with adjectives. 

For example:

Tôi đẹp I am pretty 
Anh ấy dễ thương He is cute  
Trời nóng nắngThe weather is hot and sunny 
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Mùa đông lạnh khô Winter is cold and dry 
Phở ngon rẻ Pho is delicious and cheap 
Con mèo màu đen Cat is black 

NOUN + ADJECTIVES

Add one or more than one adjective behind a noun to indicate more details about an object in an SVO sentence.

Check out the most basic Vietnamese sentence structures here. 

PATTERN

Subject + Adjective

For example: 

Tôi ăn tô phở nóng và rẻ I eat a hot and cheap Pho 
Anh ấy thích matcha lạnh và ngọt He likes a cold and sweet matcha 
Chị ấy không thích đầm dài và sặc sỡShe doesn’t like a colorful and long dress 
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Bạn gái cần 1 tô Phở xưa Girlfriend needs a bowl of  traditional Pho  
Ba tôi làm việc với máy tính cũ My father works with an old PC
Họ mua sắm ở siêu thị to They go shopping at a big supermarket  

ADJECTIVE + KHÔNG?

To make a question with an adjective, you can use the structure below:

PATTERN

Adjective + “không”? 

For example:

Đẹp không? Is it beautiful? / Am I beautiful
Lạnh không? Is it cold? / Are you cold
Nóng không? Is it hot? / Are you hot
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Ngon không? Is it delicious
Ổn không?Is it okay? / Are you okay
Rẻ không? Is it cheap

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FAQs

How to use adjectives with a subject?

You can add one or more adjectives behind the subject to make a statement about a person, an animal, a thing, or an event. 

Subject + Adjective

NOTE || Add “và” between 2 or more adjectives 

For example:

Tôi đẹp. I am pretty 

Anh ấy dễ thương. He is cute  

Trời nóng và nắng. The weather is hot and sunny 

How to use adjectives with a noun?

Add one or more than one adjective behind a noun to indicate more details about an object in an SVO sentence.

Subject + Adjective

For example: 

Tôi ăn tô phở nóng và rẻ. I eat a hot and cheap Pho 

Anh ấy thích matcha lạnh và ngọt. He likes cold and sweet matcha 

Chị ấy không thích đầm dài và sặc sỡ. She doesn’t like a colorful and long dress 

How to make questions with adjectives?

To make a question with an adjective, you can use the structure below:

Adjective + “không”? 

For example:

Đẹp không? Is it beautiful? / Am I beautiful

Lạnh không? Is it cold? / Are you cold

Nóng không? Is it hot? / Are you hot

How to use adverbs in Vietnamese?

You can add an adverb behind the verb to indicate a state or a level of an action

Verb + Adverb

For example:

Tôi hát hay. I sing well 

Anh ấy nấu ăn vào buổi sáng. He cooks in the morning. 

You can add an adverb behind or in front the adjective to indicate a level of characteristics. 

Adjective + Adverb

Đẹp hú hồnAmazingly beautiful! 

Lạnh tê táiFrozenly cold! 

Learn more about Vietnamese adverbs here.

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