# Đi: do it! / let's in Vietnamese (A1)

> Đi at the end of a sentence urges someone to go ahead and do something: Ăn đi! Go on, eat! Anh ngồi đi. Have a seat.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/di-urge/ · Updated 2026-11-09

**do it! / let's**

Pattern: `([person]) + [verb] (+ [object]) + đi (+ [person])! · Mình / Chúng ta + [verb] + đi!`

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

Typed without accents: di

Situations: [Messages and social media](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/?use=texting)

Variants:

- Nào, … đi (come on)

*Đi* at the end of a sentence urges someone to go ahead and do something: *Ăn đi!* Go on, eat! *Anh ngồi đi.* Have a seat. It's friendly and direct, like "go on" or "go ahead", and it's what you say when you offer someone food or a seat. How it sounds depends on who you're talking to: with someone older, add their title (*Bác ngồi đi*), or use *mời* to be safe: *Mời bác ngồi.*

With *mình* or *chúng ta* (we) in front, it means "let's": *Mình đi uống cà phê đi!* Let's go for a coffee! If there's an object, *đi* comes after it: *Uống nước đi.* After *đi* you can still add the person's title or *nha*: *Uống nước đi em.*

It's also how people bargain at the market: *Bớt cho em chút đi chị.* Could you knock a bit off?

This is the same word as *đi*, "go", but at the end of a sentence it doesn't mean going anywhere. That's why *Đi đi!* simply means "Go on, go!"

*Đừng* is the opposite: "don't". *Nha* at the end (in Hà Nội, *nhé*) is softer, more of a suggestion: *Mình đi ăn nha?* The two often go together: *Ăn đi nha.* *Hãy*, which you'll see on signs and in instructions, is more formal.

## Examples

- Em ăn thêm đi. — Have some more.
- Mình đi uống cà phê đi! — Let's go for a coffee!
- Anh ngồi đi. — Have a seat.
- Bớt cho em chút đi chị. — Could you knock a bit off for me?
- Saigon: Lẹ lên đi, trễ rồi! | Hà Nội: Nhanh lên đi, muộn rồi! — Hurry up, we're late!

## Words in this pattern

- [đi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/di-go/#s_di_let_s): let's

## Compare

- [Don't: đừng + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/dung-dont/): don't
- […, OK? (soft suggestion): nha / nhé](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhe-nha/): …, OK?
- [Strong or formal command: hãy + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hay-imperative/): do …! (firm)
- [đi + place, no 'to': đi Hà Nội, đi chợ, đi làm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/di-place-no-prep/): go to (no preposition)

Previous in Can, must, should, want: [Don't: đừng + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/dung-dont/)
Next in Can, must, should, want: [Polite asking: xin + verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/xin-please/)

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