# Luôn: right away; as well; totally in Vietnamese (A2)

> After a verb, luôn says you do something there and then, in one go, without a break or a second trip. English needs several words for it.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/luon-right-away/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**right away; as well; totally**

Pattern: `[verb] (+ [object]) + luôn · [verb] + luôn + đi · [adjective] + luôn (totally, speech)`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday · Medium: spoken

Typed without accents: luon

Variants:

- … luôn đi (go ahead now)

After a verb, *luôn* says you do something there and then, in one go, without a break or a second trip. English needs several words for it.

Right away: *Ăn xong rồi em đi luôn.* I'll head off right after I eat. With *đi* at the end it urges: *Làm luôn đi, để mai lại quên.* Do it now, or you'll forget tomorrow.

While you're at it: *Tiện đường em mua luôn cho chị.* I'm going that way, so I'll pick it up for you. And for good: *Ảnh ở luôn bên Mỹ rồi.* He stayed in America for good (in Hà Nội, *anh ấy*).

In casual Saigon speech, *luôn* after a describing word means "totally, really": *Cái áo này đẹp luôn!* This shirt is gorgeous! Keep that one for friends.

You know *luôn* before the verb as "always": *Em luôn về sớm* is "I always go home early", but *Em về luôn* is "I'm going straight home". *Liền* and *ngay* after a verb also mean "right away", but only that; *luôn* adds "while I'm at it".

## Examples

- Saigon: Ăn xong rồi em đi luôn nha. | Hà Nội: Ăn xong rồi em đi luôn nhé. — I'll head off right after I eat.
- Làm luôn đi, để mai lại quên. — Do it now, or you'll forget tomorrow.
- Tiện đường em mua luôn cho chị. — I'm going that way, so I'll pick it up for you.
- Saigon: Ảnh ở luôn bên Mỹ rồi. | Hà Nội: Anh ấy ở luôn bên Mỹ rồi. — He stayed in America for good.
- Cái áo này đẹp luôn! — This shirt is gorgeous!

## Words in this pattern

- [luôn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/luon-always/#s_luon_right_away): right away
- [luôn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/luon-always/#s_luon_totally): totally

## Compare

- [Right here, right away: ngay, liền](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ngay-right-away/): right / immediately
- [How often: thường, luôn, thỉnh thoảng before the verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/frequency-position/): frequency words
- [Really so …!: adjective + quá trời, quá chừng, ghê](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/exclaim-intensifiers/): so very …!

Previous in Time and when things happen: [Not until, only then: time + mới](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/moi-not-until/)
Next in Time and when things happen: [Right here, right away: ngay, liền](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ngay-right-away/)

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