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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 và nắng | The weather is hot and sunny |
View More Examples:
| Mùa đông lạnh và khô | Winter is cold and dry |
| Phở ngon và 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 sỡ | She doesn’t like a colorful and long dress |
View More Examples:
| 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? |
View More Examples:
| 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 a 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.
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You can add an adverb behind or in front the adjective to indicate a level of characteristics.
Adjective + Adverb
Đẹp hú hồn! Amazingly beautiful!
Lạnh tê tái! Frozenly cold!
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Learn more about Vietnamese adverbs here.
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Basic sentence structure
Subject + là + Noun -
Present tense in Vietnamese
Subject + Verb + (present time adverb) -
Past simple tense in Vietnamese
Subject + đã + verb + (past tense time adverb) -
Future tense in Vietnamese
Subject + will + verb + (future time adverb) -
Continuous tense in Vietnamese
Subject + đang + verb + (time adverb) -
How to use pronouns in Vietnamese
Tôi, Mình, Bạn, Con, Cháu, Em etc -
Plurals in Vietnamese
Những / Các + counter + singular noun -
Negative sentences in Vietnamese
không + Verb / Adjective -
Using adjectives in Vietnamese
Subject + Adjective -
Using adverbs in Vietnamese
Verb + Adverb -
Prepositions in Vietnamese
Subject + ở (to be) + prepositions + object -
Asking questions in Vietnamese
Clause + gì? -
Numbers in Vietnamese
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Vietnamese counters
Number + cái + non-living thing -
Writing dates in Vietnamese
Week day + date + month + year -
Telling time in Vietnamese
Number + Giờ + Number + Phút + Number + Giây -
Expressing "because" in Vietnamese
Vì / Do/ Bởi vì + Noun -
Expressing "but" in Vietnamese
Clause 1 + nhưng / nhưng mà / mà + Clause 2 -
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 -
Expressing "not yet" in Vietnamese
Subject + chưa + verb -
Expressing desire in Vietnamese
Subject + muốn + noun / verb / adjective -
How to say "very" in Vietnamese
Rất + adjective! -
Giving directions in Vietnamese
Làm sao + đi đến + destination? -
Expressing capacity in Vietnamese
Có thể + Verb