# Đó / đấy: announcing, warning in Vietnamese (A1)

> Add đó to the end of a statement to point the listener at it, a bit like "you know", "mind you" or "look".

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/do-day-statement/ · Updated 2026-11-10

**(announcing, warning)**

Pattern: `[statement] + đó! / đấy!`

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

Typed without accents: do, day

Saigon: đó | Hà Nội: đấy; ấy

Add *đó* to the end of a statement to point the listener at it, a bit like "you know", "mind you" or "look". It turns plain information into something you want them to notice: *Phở ở đây ngon lắm đó.* The *phở* here is really good, you know.

Use it to pass on news someone should act on, or to warn them: *Anh Minh tới rồi đó.* Minh's here now. *Cẩn thận, nóng đó!* Careful, it's hot! *Trễ rồi đó* (it's getting late) usually means "so let's go".

It's casual and friendly. With someone older, add their word at the end: *Nóng đó chị.*

In Hà Nội the word is *đấy*: *Muộn rồi đấy.* Young people in Hà Nội also end sentences with *ấy*, a light "you know". In Saigon, say *đó*.

*Đó* is also the word for "that" (*cái đó*, that thing). At the end of a question it does a different job, softening the question like *vậy*: *Ai đó?* Who's there?

## Examples

- Saigon: Phở ở đây ngon lắm đó. | Hà Nội: Phở ở đây ngon lắm đấy. — The phở here is really good, you know.
- Saigon: Cẩn thận, nóng đó! | Hà Nội: Cẩn thận, nóng đấy! — Careful, it's hot!
- Saigon: Anh Minh tới rồi đó. | Hà Nội: Anh Minh đến rồi đấy. — Minh's here now.
- Saigon: Trễ rồi đó, mình về đi. | Hà Nội: Muộn rồi đấy, mình về đi. — It's getting late. Let's go home.

## Words in this pattern

- [đấy](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/day-that/#s_day_you_know): you know
- [đó](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/do-that/#s_do_emphatic_ending): emphatic ending

## Compare

- [Softening a question: … vậy / thế?](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/vay-question-softener/): (softens a question, asks for an explanation)
- [I'm off now, what now? … đây at the end](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/day-final/): here it is / (wondering)

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