# Chứ: of course in Vietnamese (A1)

> Put chứ at the end of an answer to say "of course": Có chứ! Of course! Được chứ! Sure! It tells the other person the answer is obviously yes.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chu-of-course/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**of course**

Pattern: `Có chứ! · [verb] + chứ!`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday · Medium: spoken

Typed without accents: chu

Put *chứ* at the end of an answer to say "of course": *Có chứ!* Of course! *Được chứ!* Sure! It tells the other person the answer is obviously yes. Said lightly, it sounds warm and willing; said sharply, it can sound like "obviously, why ask?", so keep your tone friendly.

Take the verb from the question and add *chứ*: *Anh có biết quán đó không?* *Biết chứ!* With someone older, add *dạ* at the start and their word at the end: *Dạ, được chứ chị.*

You'll also hear *Có chứ sao không!*, "Sure, why not!", and just *Chứ sao!*, "Of course!"

Two neighbours look similar. At the end of a question, *chứ* expects a yes rather than giving one: *Mai anh đi chứ?* You're coming tomorrow, right? And *mà* at the end insists after someone has doubted you, like "I told you": *Ngon mà!* It really is good. Said lightly, *chứ* is the easy, happy yes. And in the middle of a sentence, *chứ không* means "not" or "rather than": *Em uống trà chứ không uống cà phê.* I drink tea, not coffee.

## Examples

- Anh có biết quán đó không? — Do you know that place?
- Biết chứ! — Of course I do!
- Chị ngồi đây được không em? — Can I sit here? (an older woman to a younger person)
- Dạ, được chứ chị. — Yes, of course.
- Có chứ sao không! — Sure, why not!

## Words in this pattern

- [chứ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/chu-of-course/#s_chu_of_course): of course

## Compare

- [Expecting yes: … chứ?](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chu-question/): surely …, aren't you?
- [I told you! … mà at the end](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ma-final-insist/): (insisting, that's why)
- [Who else? Of course! … chứ ai, chứ gì, chứ sao](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chu-ai-who-else/): who else, what else, of course

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