# Ở đây / ở đó / đằng kia: here / there in Vietnamese

> Đây (here), đó (there) and đằng kia (over there) are the words for places. After a verb of being or staying, they usually come with ở (at): Em ở đây.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/o-day-here/ · Updated 2026-11-10

**here / there**

Pattern: `(ở) đây · (ở) đó · (ở) đằng kia`

Level: A1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: o day, o do, dang kia

*Đây* (here), *đó* (there) and *đằng kia* (over there) are the words for places. After a verb of being or staying, they usually come with *ở* (at): *Em ở đây.* I'm here.

*Ở đây* is "here, where I am": *Ở đây có wifi không?* Is there wifi here? *Ở đó* is "there": a place away from you, or one someone has just mentioned: *Em làm ở đó ba năm.* I worked there for three years. *Đằng kia* is "over there", a place you can see and point to: *Nhà vệ sinh ở đằng kia.* The toilet's over there. In Hà Nội *ở đấy* is common for "there".

After a verb of moving, *ở* drops: *Em qua đây chút.* Come over here a moment. *Anh tới đó chưa?* Are you there yet?

Listen carefully to *đây* (here) and *đâu* (where): they differ only in the ending, *-ây* versus *-âu*. *Anh ở đâu?* Where are you? *Anh ở đây.* I'm here.

The same *đây* starts a sentence when you introduce something: *Đây là …* (this is …). *Đó* does the same for "that": *Đó là nhà chị.* That's my house.

## Examples

- Ở đây có wifi không chị? — Is there wifi here?
- Nhà vệ sinh ở đằng kia. — The toilet's over there.
- Saigon: Em qua đây chút đi. | Hà Nội: Em sang đây chút đi. — Come over here a sec.
- Saigon: Anh chờ em ở đó nha. | Hà Nội: Anh đợi em ở đấy nhé. — Wait for me there, OK?

## Compare

- [This is, that is: Đây là, Đó là, Kia là](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/day-la-this-is/): this / that is
- [At, in, live: ở](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/o-at/): be at / in
- [Where? ở đâu at the end](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/o-dau-where/): where (location)?

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