# Nha / nhé: …, OK? in Vietnamese (A1)

> Nha at the end of a sentence makes it soft and friendly, like "…, OK?" or "…, alright?": Mai gặp nha. See you tomorrow!

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhe-nha/ · Updated 2026-11-10

**…, OK?**

Pattern: `[suggestion or promise] + nha / nhé`

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

Typed without accents: nha, nhe

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

Saigon: nha; nghe | Hà Nội: nhé

*Nha* at the end of a sentence makes it soft and friendly, like "…, OK?" or "…, alright?": *Mai gặp nha.* See you tomorrow! You'll hear it constantly in Saigon, after suggestions, promises, reminders and goodbyes. In Hà Nội it's *nhé*: *Mai gặp nhé.*

Use it to suggest something: *Mình đi ăn phở nha?* Shall we go for phở? To promise: *Em gọi lại liền nha.* I'll call you right back. To remind someone gently: *Đi cẩn thận nha.* Get home safe.

With someone older, put their word after it: *Em về trước nha chị.* I'm heading off first, OK?

In casual Saigon speech and messages you'll also hear *nghe*, *nghen* and *nhen*, which work much the same. *Nghe* can also sound firm, like a parent's warning: *Đừng làm vậy nữa nghe!* Don't do that again, you hear? *Nhé* is understood everywhere, and many young people in Saigon use it in messages too.

*Đi* at the end urges ("go on!"); *nha* asks for agreement and sounds gentler. The two often go together: *Ăn đi nha.* *Ha* (in Hà Nội, *nhỉ*) is different again: it asks someone to agree with a remark, as in *Nóng ha?* Hot, isn't it?

## Examples

- Saigon: Mai gặp nha. | Hà Nội: Mai gặp nhé. — See you tomorrow!
- Saigon: Mình đi ăn phở nha? | Hà Nội: Mình đi ăn phở nhé? — Shall we go for phở?
- Saigon: Đi cẩn thận nha em. | Hà Nội: Đi cẩn thận nhé em. — Get home safe.
- Saigon: Em về trước nha chị. | Hà Nội: Em về trước nhé chị. — I'm heading off first, OK?
- Saigon: Chờ em năm phút nha. | Hà Nội: Đợi em năm phút nhé. — Give me five minutes, OK?

## Words in this pattern

- [nghe](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nghe-listen/#s_nghe_ok): friendly ending
- [nha](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nha-ok/#lx_nha): friendly ending
- [nhé](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nhe-ok/#s_nhe_ok): friendly ending

## Compare

- [Go on, do it / let's: verb + đi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/di-urge/): do it! / let's
- […, isn't it? (inviting agreement): ha / nhỉ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhi-ha/): …, isn't it?

Next in Words at the start and end of a sentence: [Calling someone: name + ơi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/oi-calling/)

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