# Cùng: together, with in Vietnamese (A1)

> Cùng means "together": people do something at the same time, as one group. When the people come first, put cùng before the verb: Mình cùng đi nha.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-together/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**together, with**

Pattern: `[plural subject] + cùng + [verb] · [verb] + cùng (với) + [person] · [verb] + cùng (along)`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: cung

*Cùng* means "together": people do something at the same time, as one group. When the people come first, put *cùng* before the verb: *Mình cùng đi nha.* Let's go together. With nobody named, the everyday way to say "together" is *cùng nhau* or *với nhau*: *Mình cùng nhau học nha.* Let's study together.

To name the person you do it with, put *cùng* or *cùng với* after the verb, then the person: *Chị có muốn đi cùng tụi em không?* Do you want to come with us? In everyday speech *với* alone is often enough: *Em đi chợ với mẹ.* I'm going to the market with Mum. *Cùng* makes the "together" clearer, and you'll see it a lot in invitations and writing. In Saigon you'll also hear *chung* in the same place: *đi chung*, go together.

Before a noun, *cùng* means "the same": *cùng tuổi* (the same age), *học cùng lớp* (in the same class).

*Cùng*, with the falling tone, is easy to confuse with *cũng*, which means "also". *Em cũng đi* means "I'm going too"; *Mình cùng đi* means "we go together". They can meet in one sentence: *Em cũng đi cùng.* I'm coming along too.

## A common mistake

✗ Anh có muốn đi cũng em không?

✓ Anh có muốn đi cùng em không?

*Cũng* (also) can't have a person after it. For "with someone", use *cùng* or *với*.

## Examples

- Saigon: Mình cùng đi nha. | Hà Nội: Mình cùng đi nhé. — Let's go together.
- Saigon: Chị có muốn đi cùng tụi em không? | Hà Nội: Chị có muốn đi cùng bọn em không? — Do you want to come with us?
- Em đi chợ với mẹ. — I'm going to the market with Mum.
- Saigon: Tụi em học cùng lớp. | Hà Nội: Bọn em học cùng lớp. — We're in the same class.
- Em cũng đi cùng. — I'm coming along too.

## Words in this pattern

- [chung](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/chung-together/#s_chung_together): together
- [cùng](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/cung-together/#s_cung_together): together

## Compare

- [Also, too: cũng before the verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-also/): also
- [With (a person), and in speech: với](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/voi-with/): with / and
- [Each other: nhau](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhau-each-other/): each other

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