The Most Important Verbs in Vietnamese

The heart of every language lies in its verbs. If you can correctly recognize and form verbs, you have already mastered the most important aspect of grammar.

To immediately start expressing a lot in Vietnamese, you only need five verbs in the beginning.

These are:

to have
to be
to go
can
to do

Learn these five Vietnamese verbs in the present tense in all six conjugated forms by heart: I go, you go, he/she/it goes, we go, you (plural) go, they go.

Also learn the past and future forms of the verbs to have, to be, to go, and to do.

First think of the solution. Then click the buttons to reveal the answers.

1
to have	có
I have	tôi có
you have	bạn có
he has	anh ấy có
we have	chúng tôi có
they have	họ có

2
to be	là
I am	Tôi là
you are	bạn là
he is	anh ấy là
we are	chúng tôi là
they are	họ là

3
to go	đi
I go	tôi đi
you go	bạn đi
he goes	anh ấy đi
we go	chúng tôi đi
they go	họ đi

4
can	có thể
I can	tôi có thể
you can	bạn có thể
he can	anh ấy có thể
we can	chúng tôi có thể
they can	họ có thể

5
to do	làm ra
I do	Tôi làm ra
you do	bạn làm ra
he does	anh ấy làm ra
we do	chúng tôi làm ra
they do	họ làm ra

6
I had	tôi đã có
you had	bạn đã có
he had	anh ấy đã có
we had	chúng tôi đã có
they had	họ đã có

7
I was	tôi đã là
you were	bạn đã là
he was	anh ấy đã là
we were	chúng tôi đã là
they were	họ đã là

8
I went	Tôi đã đi
you went	bạn đã đi
he went	anh ấy đã đi
we went	chúng tôi đã đi
they went	họ đã đi

9
I did	tôi đã làm ra
you did	bạn đã làm ra
he did	anh ấy đã làm ra
we did	chúng tôi đã làm ra
they did	họ đã làm ra

10
I will have	tôi sẽ có
you will have	bạn sẽ có
he will have	anh ấy sẽ có
we will have	chúng tôi sẽ có
they will have	họ sẽ có

11
I will be	tôi sẽ là
you will be	bạn sẽ là
he will be	anh ấy sẽ là
we will be	chúng tôi sẽ là
they will be	họ sẽ là

12
I will go	tôi sẽ đi
you will go	bạn sẽ đi
he will go	anh ấy sẽ đi
we will go	chúng tôi sẽ đi
they will go	họ sẽ đi

13
I will do	tôi sẽ làm ra
you will do	bạn sẽ làm ra
he will do	anh ấy sẽ làm ra
we will do	chúng tôi sẽ làm ra
you will do	-
they will do	họ sẽ làm ra

14
Is there ... ?	có..?
May I ... ?	Tôi có thể...?
I need ...	tôi cần...
Where is ... ?	nó đâu rồi...?
What is ... ?	là gì...?
How much is ... ?	chi phí gì...?
I would like to have ...	tôi muốn...?
Can you ... ?	bạn có thể...?
Can you (formal) ... ?	bạn có thể...?

The verb forms will also be taught to you in the language course from Sprachenlernen24 right in the first few days with the help of a verb trainer, as they are essential in any language.

If you learn just 100 words in addition to these verbs at the beginning, you can already have basic conversations after only about three hours of study time.

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