# Cũng: also in Vietnamese (A1)

> Cũng means "also" or "too". It goes after the person and before the verb or adjective, and before words like không, đang or muốn, never at the end of the…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-also/ · Updated 2026-11-10

**also**

Pattern: `[person] + cũng + [verb or adjective] · [person] + cũng là + [noun]`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: cung

*Cũng* means "also" or "too". It goes after the person and before the verb or adjective, and before words like *không*, *đang* or *muốn*, never at the end of the sentence the way English "too" does: *Tôi cũng thích phở.* I like phở too. *Hôm nay em cũng bận.* I'm busy today too.

With a noun, it goes before *là*: *Chị Lan cũng là giáo viên.* Lan is a teacher too.

*Cũng* points back to something just said, so the situation tells you what it adds. If a friend says *Mai mình đi Đà Lạt*, then *Em cũng đi* means "I'm going too".

Three neighbours use the same word. For "not … either", put *cũng* before *không*: *Em cũng không biết.* To say "me too" without repeating the sentence, say *Em cũng vậy* (you'll also hear *cũng thế*, more in the North). And *cũng* with an adjective on its own can mean "fairly, OK": *Cũng được.* It's alright.

Don't mix it up with *cùng*, with the falling tone, which means "together": *Mình cùng đi nha.*

## A common mistake

✗ Tôi thích phở cũng.

✓ Tôi cũng thích phở.

*Cũng* goes before the verb, not at the end where English puts "too".

## Examples

- Tôi cũng thích phở. — I like phở too.
- Chị Lan cũng là giáo viên. — Lan is a teacher too.
- Saigon: Ba em cũng làm ở bệnh viện. | Hà Nội: Bố em cũng làm ở bệnh viện. — My dad works at a hospital too.
- Hôm nay em cũng bận. — I'm busy today too.
- Saigon: Anh cũng đi Đà Lạt hả? | Hà Nội: Anh cũng đi Đà Lạt à? — You're going to Đà Lạt too?

## Words in this pattern

- [cũng](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/cung-also/#lx_cung): also

## Compare

- [Together: cùng (với)](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-together/): together, with
- [Not … either: cũng không](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-khong-either/): not … either
- [Me too, so do I: cũng vậy / cũng thế](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-vay-me-too/): me too

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