{"id":420,"date":"2021-08-09T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=420"},"modified":"2021-08-09T14:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:12:12","slug":"tenses-verb-conjugations-in-vietnamese-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/tenses-verb-conjugations-in-vietnamese-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenses &amp; Verb Conjugations in Vietnamese Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_424\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\" wp-image-424\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4565.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"347\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>V\u0103n ph\u1ea1m ti\u1ebfng Vi\u00eat <\/em>(Vietnamese grammar) is pretty simple. When it comes to verb tenses and conjugations, it\u2019s like a piece of cake. Guess what? There are <strong>NO VERB CONJUGATIONS<\/strong> (<em>Kh\u00f4ng chia \u0111\u1ed9ng t\u1eeb)<\/em> in the verb, no matter of what tenses! No such thing like regular or irregular verbs that you have to worry about. Singular or plural, first person, second person, or third person, affirmative or negative, the <strong><em>\u0111\u1ed9ng t\u1eeb (verb)<\/em>\u00a0doesn\u2019t change its form whatsoever<\/strong>. No sweat. It\u2019s so easy, right?<\/p>\n<p>Now you may wonder if there are no conjugations, then how to indicate different tenses? Easy peasy, all you need to do is adding an indicator word in front of the <strong><em>\u0111\u1ed9ng t\u1eeb (verb) <\/em><\/strong>. Here is the general basic structure:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Subject<\/strong><strong> (S) + [Tense indicator word]<\/strong><strong> + Verb <\/strong><strong>(V) + Object<\/strong><strong> (O)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Major tenses that you see in the Vietnamese sentence structure are the simple present, the continuous present, the simple past, and the future tense. Again, whatever tense it is, the verb itself doesn\u2019t change. The trick is to find the right tense indicator word and add it in front of the verb or adding another adverb in the sentence to further clarify the tense.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PRESENT TENSE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <strong>Simple present tense: <\/strong>It\u00a0is the easiest one because you don\u2019t have to add any tense indicators. Follow this structure:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S + V + O<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: <em>T\u00f4i (S) l\u00e0 (V) gi\u00e1o vi\u00ean (O)<\/em> (I am a teacher)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adverbs (A) like <em>th\u01b0\u1eddng<\/em> (often), <em>m\u1ed7i<\/em> (each), <em>h\u1eb1ng<\/em> (every) often use in the simple present tense to indicate the habitual or routine. In that case, the structure is<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S+ A + V + O<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ch\u00fang<\/em><em> t\u00f4i (S)<\/em><em> th\u01b0\u1eddng (A)<\/em><em> g\u1eb7p (V)<\/em><em> ng\u00e0y ch\u1ee7 nh\u1eadt (O)<\/em> (We often meet on Sunday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. <strong>Present continuous tense: <\/strong>All you need to do is adding\u00a0the word <strong><em>\u0111ang<\/em><\/strong> in front of the verb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S + <strong><em>\u0111ang <\/em><\/strong>+ V + O<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: <em>T\u00f4i<\/em><em> (S) <strong>\u0111ang<\/strong> \u0111i\u00a0 (V) <strong>b\u1ed9<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 (O) (I am walking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. <strong>Present perfect &amp; present perfect continuous: <\/strong>Ether treat it as the simple present, or simple past tense by adding the word <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em> <\/strong>in front of the verb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S + [<strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong>]+ V + O<\/p>\n<p>Examples<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Present perfect: <em>Ch\u1ecb <\/em><em>\u1ea5y (S) [<\/em><strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong><em>] <\/em><em>s\u1ed1ng (V)<\/em><em> \u1edf \u0111\u00e2y h\u01a1n ba n\u0103m r\u1ed3i (O)<\/em> (She has lived here more than three years already).<\/li>\n<li>Present perfect continuous: <em>Ch\u00fang n\u00f3 (S)<\/em><em> [<\/em><strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong><em>] \u0111i (V)<\/em><em> b\u1ed9 h\u01a1n 3 ti\u1ebfng (O)<\/em> (They have been walking for more than 3 hours).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that you could omit adding the word <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em> <\/strong>here.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PAST TENSE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>Simple past tense<\/strong>, add the indicator word <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em> <\/strong>in front of the verb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S + <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong> + V + O<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous: <\/strong>Treat as simple past tense.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Past continuous: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong><em> ng\u1ed3i (V) \u1edf c\u00e1i gh\u1ebf n\u00e0y (O) <\/em>(He was sitting in this chair)<\/li>\n<li>Past perfect: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong><em> \u1edf (V) \u0111\u00e2y h\u01a1n 2 ti\u1ebfng (O) <\/em>(He had been here for more than 2 hours)<\/li>\n<li>Past perfect continuous: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3<\/em><\/strong><em> \u0111\u1ee9ng (V) \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e2u l\u1eafm r\u1ed3i (O) <\/em>(He had been standing here for a long time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>FUTURE TENSES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>Simple Future<\/strong>: Add the indicator word <strong><em>s\u1ebd<\/em><\/strong> in front of the verb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S+ <strong><em>s\u1ebd<\/em><\/strong> + V+ O<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Future continuous, future perfect, and future perfect<\/strong> <strong>continuous:<\/strong> Treat as simple future tense.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Future continuous: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>s\u1ebd<\/em><\/strong> <em>ng\u1ed3i (V) \u1edf c\u00e1i gh\u1ebf n\u00e0y (O) <\/em>(He will be sitting in this chair)<\/li>\n<li>Future perfect: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>s\u1ebd<\/em><\/strong><em> \u0103n (V) m\u00f3n n\u00e0y (O) <\/em>(He will have eaten this dish)<\/li>\n<li>Future perfect continuous: <em>Anh<\/em><em> \u1ea5y (S)<\/em> <strong><em>s\u1ebd<\/em><\/strong><em> \u0111\u1ee9ng (V) t\u1ea1i \u0111\u00e2y (O) <\/em>(He will have been standing right here)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In general, the verb itself is never change, just do nothing for the present tense, add the word <strong><em>\u0111ang<\/em><\/strong> for continuous tense, <strong><em>\u0111\u00e3 <\/em><\/strong>for past tense, and <strong><em>s\u1ebd <\/em><\/strong>for future tense in front of the verb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_426\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\" wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4569.jpg 592w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4569-324x350.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tell me in the comments section below whether it\u2019s easy or complicated to you. Hope you find this blog is helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4565-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4565-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/08\/IMG_4565.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>V\u0103n ph\u1ea1m ti\u1ebfng Vi\u00eat (Vietnamese grammar) is pretty simple. When it comes to verb tenses and conjugations, it\u2019s like a piece of cake. Guess what? There are NO VERB CONJUGATIONS (Kh\u00f4ng chia \u0111\u1ed9ng t\u1eeb) in the verb, no matter of what tenses! 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