# Nè / này / kìa: look! / here it is in Vietnamese (A2)

> At the end of a sentence, nè points something out, "here, look": Đây nè! Here it is! Coi nè! Look!

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nay-final-look/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**look! / here it is**

Pattern: `[verb] + nè! · [thing] + kìa! · [noun] nè, [noun] nè … (listing)`

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

Typed without accents: ne, nay, kia

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

Saigon: nè; kìa | Hà Nội: này; kìa

At the end of a sentence, *nè* points something out, "here, look": *Đây nè!* Here it is! *Coi nè!* Look! You say it when you hand something over or show someone something. In Hà Nội the word is *này*: *Đây này!*, *Nhìn này!*

*Kìa* points to something further away, over there, often with a little surprise: *Xe buýt tới kìa!* Here comes the bus! *Chị Lan kìa!* There's Lan! It's the same in the South and the North. *Kia kìa* is stronger: "right over there!"

*Nè* can also follow each item when you list things for someone, as if pointing at them one by one: *Có phở nè, bún bò nè, cơm tấm nè.* (In Hà Nội, *này*.)

This *nè* ends a sentence or an item. Inside a phrase, "this" after a noun is always *này*: *cái này* (this one). The two can meet: *Cái này nè.* This one, here. Calling *Nè!* or *Này!* to get someone's attention is casual: fine between friends, blunt with anyone else.

## Examples

- Saigon: Chìa khóa của anh nè. | Hà Nội: Chìa khóa của anh này. — Here are your keys.
- Saigon: Coi nè, đẹp không? | Hà Nội: Nhìn này, đẹp không? — Look, isn't it pretty?
- Saigon: Xe buýt tới kìa! | Hà Nội: Xe buýt đến kìa! — Here comes the bus!
- Chị Lan kìa, bên kia đường. — There's Lan, across the street.

## Words in this pattern

- [kìa](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/kia-look-over-there/#s_kia_look_over_there): look! over there
- [này](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nay-this/#s_nay_look_here): look! here
- [nè](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/ne-look/#lx_ne): look

## Compare

- [This, that after the noun: … này, … đó, … kia](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/noun-nay-this/): this / that (noun)
- [I'm off now, what now? … đây at the end](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/day-final/): here it is / (wondering)
- [There is this, there is that: nào là … nào là](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nao-la-listing/): listing many things, often too many

Previous in Words at the start and end of a sentence: [At least it has this: được cái](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/duoc-cai/)
Next in Words at the start and end of a sentence: [Oh, by the way: À, … at the start](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/a-initial-oh/)

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