# Kể cả: including in Vietnamese (B1)

> Kể cả means "including": it adds someone or something the listener might not count in.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ke-ca-including/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**including**

Pattern: `[statement], kể cả + [noun]`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: ke ca

*Kể cả* means "including": it adds someone or something the listener might not count in. It usually comes after the main statement, with a comma: *Cả nhà đi Đà Lạt, kể cả bà ngoại.* The whole family went to Đà Lạt, including Grandma. *Quán mở cửa mỗi ngày, kể cả chủ nhật.* The shop is open every day, Sundays included.

At the start of a sentence, it means "counting": *Kể cả em thì lớp có mười người.* Counting me, there are ten people in the class.

With *cũng* (also) before the verb, *kể cả* means "even": *Kể cả sếp cũng không biết chuyện này.* Even the boss doesn't know about this. Here it's close to *ngay cả … cũng*.

Its opposite is *trừ* (except): *Ai cũng đi, trừ anh Nam.* Everyone's going except Nam. For what a price or a package includes, Vietnamese usually says *bao gồm*: *Giá phòng bao gồm bữa sáng.* The room price includes breakfast. *Kể cả* is for people and things you count in, in speech as well as writing.

## Examples

- Cả nhà đi Đà Lạt, kể cả bà ngoại. — The whole family went to Đà Lạt, including Grandma.
- Quán mở cửa mỗi ngày, kể cả chủ nhật. — The shop is open every day, Sundays included.
- Kể cả em thì lớp có mười người. — Counting me, there are ten people in the class.
- Kể cả sếp cũng không biết chuyện này. — Even the boss doesn't know about this.

## Compare

- [Consisting of, including: bao gồm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bao-gom/): including / consisting of
- [Except: trừ, ngoại trừ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tru-except/): except
- [Even X: (ngay) cả … cũng](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ngay-ca-even/): even

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