# Mọi: every in Vietnamese (A2)

> Mọi means "every" or "all", and goes straight before the noun, with no classifier and no các: mọi người (everyone), mọi thứ (everything), mọi nơi…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/moi-every/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**every**

Pattern: `mọi + [noun] · mọi người`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: moi

*Mọi* means "every" or "all", and goes straight before the noun, with no classifier and no *các*: *mọi người* (everyone), *mọi thứ* (everything), *mọi nơi* (everywhere), *mọi lúc* (all the time). Like *tất cả*, it's often followed by *đều* before the verb: *Mọi thứ đều ổn.* Everything's fine.

*Mọi người* is one of the most useful phrases you'll learn. It's how you speak to a group: *Chào mọi người!* Hi, everyone! And *Mọi chuyện sao rồi?* asks how everything's going.

With words for time, *mọi* means something else: "usually, at other times". *Mọi ngày* is "on a normal day", *mọi năm* "in other years", *mọi khi* "as usual": *Năm nay đông khách hơn mọi năm.* There are more customers this year than usual. For "every day", say *mỗi ngày* or *hàng ngày*.

*Mỗi* looks at each one separately, usually with an amount; *mọi* takes them all together. *Tất cả* also means "all", but it can stand on its own: *Tất cả đều đến.* Everyone came.

## A common mistake

✗ Em học tiếng Việt mọi ngày.

✓ Em học tiếng Việt mỗi ngày.

*Mọi ngày* means "usually, on other days", not "every day". For a daily habit, use *mỗi ngày* or *hàng ngày*.

## Examples

- Chào mọi người, em là Minh. — Hi everyone, I'm Minh.
- Mọi thứ ở đây đều rẻ. — Everything here is cheap.
- Mọi ngày em dậy sớm hơn. — I usually get up earlier than this.
- Năm nay Tết vui hơn mọi năm. — This Tết is more fun than other years.
- Mọi người ăn đi, đừng chờ em. — Go ahead and eat, everyone, don't wait for me.

## Words in this pattern

- [mọi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/moi-every/#s_moi_every): every

## Compare

- [Each … (so much): mỗi + noun + amount](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/moi-each/): each
- [All: tất cả (các)](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tat-ca-all/): all
- [Every day, every week: hàng / hằng + time](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/hang-every/): every (day/week)

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