# Rồi / xong rồi: and then in Vietnamese (A2)

> Between two actions, rồi means "and then": Em tắm rồi đi ngủ. I'll have a shower and then go to bed.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/roi-and-then/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**and then**

Pattern: `[verb 1] (+ [object]) + rồi + [verb 2] · [verb 1] + xong rồi + [verb 2]`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: roi, xong roi

Variants:

- đi rồi sẽ … (do it and you'll …)

Between two actions, *rồi* means "and then": *Em tắm rồi đi ngủ.* I'll have a shower and then go to bed. The first action comes first, then *rồi*, then the next. The person doing both is named only once.

To stress that the first is finished before the second starts, add *xong*: *Ăn xong rồi mình đi cà phê.* Let's finish eating, then go for a coffee. *Rồi* can also start a new sentence, the way you move a story along: *Rồi sao nữa?* And then what?

English uses "and" for this, but *và* only puts things side by side. For one thing after another, *rồi* is the word.

*Rồi sẽ* links a step to where it leads, often as encouragement: *Từ từ rồi sẽ quen.* Take it slowly and you'll get used to it.

You also know *rồi* at the end of a sentence, meaning "already": *Tôi ăn rồi.* Its place tells you which: at the end it's "already", between two actions it's "and then".

## Examples

- Em tắm rồi đi ngủ. — I'll have a shower and then go to bed.
- Saigon: Ăn xong rồi mình đi cà phê nha. | Hà Nội: Ăn xong rồi mình đi cà phê nhé. — Let's finish eating, then go for a coffee.
- Chiều nay em đi chợ rồi về nấu cơm. — This afternoon I'll go to the market, then come home and cook.
- Từ từ rồi sẽ quen. — Take it slowly and you'll get used to it.

## Words in this pattern

- [rồi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/roi-already/#s_roi_then): and then

## Compare

- [And (listing): và](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/va-and/): and
- [Already: … rồi, and Rồi as the yes to 'yet?'](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/roi-already/): already

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