# Đã … chưa: have you … yet? in Vietnamese (A1)

> To ask whether something has happened yet, put chưa at the end: Em ăn cơm chưa? Have you eaten yet?

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/da-chua-question/ · Updated 2026-11-10

**have you … yet?**

Pattern: `[person] + (đã) + [verb] + chưa? → Rồi. / Chưa.`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: da … chua

To ask whether something has happened yet, put *chưa* at the end: *Em ăn cơm chưa?* Have you eaten yet? You can add *đã* before the verb, *Em đã ăn cơm chưa?*, which sounds a little more careful. In everyday Saigon speech it's usually left out.

The answers are *rồi* (yes, already) and *chưa* (not yet). In a full answer, *rồi* comes after the verb and *chưa* before it: *Dạ, em ăn rồi.* *Dạ, em chưa ăn.* Don't answer *không*: it sounds like "no, I don't", not "not yet".

Use *chưa* when you expect the thing to happen sooner or later. That's why *Anh có gia đình chưa?* is the usual friendly way to ask whether someone is married: literally, "do you have a family yet?" *Có … không* asks a plain yes or no, with no "yet" in it.

To ask whether someone has ever done something, as in "Have you ever been to Huế?", add *bao giờ* before *chưa*: *Anh đi Huế bao giờ chưa?* Without *chưa*, *bao giờ* asks "when": *Bao giờ anh đi Huế?* When are you going to Huế?

## A common mistake

✗ Em đã ăn cơm không?

✓ Em ăn cơm chưa?

For "have you … yet?", the question ends in *chưa*, not *không*. *Có … không* asks a plain yes or no, with no "yet" in it, and *đã* doesn't go inside it.

## Examples

- Em ăn cơm chưa? — Have you eaten yet?
- Dạ, em ăn rồi. — Yes, I have.
- Anh đã đặt vé chưa? — Have you booked the tickets yet?
- Chưa, tối nay anh đặt. — Not yet, I'll book them tonight.
- Chị có gia đình chưa? — Are you married?

## Words in this pattern

- [chưa](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/chua-not-yet/#s_chua_question): question ending

## Compare

- [Yes/no questions with có … không](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/co-khong-question/): yes/no question
- [Ever and never so far: … bao giờ chưa, chưa … bao giờ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chua-bao-gio-ever/): have you ever? / never yet
- [Not yet: chưa](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chua-not-yet/): not yet
- [Already: … rồi, and Rồi as the yes to 'yet?'](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/roi-already/): already

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