# Tất cả: all in Vietnamese (A2)

> Tất cả means "all". It goes before the noun, usually with các: tất cả các phòng (all the rooms), tất cả các bạn (all of you).

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/tat-ca-all/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**all**

Pattern: `tất cả (các) + [noun] (+ đều + [verb]) · tất cả + [plural pronoun]`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: tat ca

*Tất cả* means "all". It goes before the noun, usually with *các*: *tất cả các phòng* (all the rooms), *tất cả các bạn* (all of you). In speech the *các* is often dropped: *tất cả nhân viên*. With a group word like *tụi em* or *chúng ta*, it goes in front too: *tất cả chúng ta* (all of us).

What they all do comes after *đều*: *Tất cả các món đều ngon.* All the dishes are good. You know *đều* already; *tất cả* adds the "all" at the front, and you can use either or both.

*Tất cả* can also stand alone, meaning everyone or everything: *Tất cả đều đồng ý.* At the till, *Tất cả bao nhiêu tiền?* asks how much it is altogether.

*Cả* is for one whole thing or a stretch of time, *cả nhà*, *cả ngày*; *tất cả* is for a set of separate things or people. *Mọi* means "every" and takes no *các*: *mọi người*. *Tất cả mọi người*, everybody, puts the two together for emphasis.

After a verb, for taking or finishing everything, Saigon speech mostly uses *hết*: *Em lấy hết.* I'll take them all.

## Examples

- Tất cả nhân viên đều được nghỉ Tết. — All the staff get time off for Tết.
- Saigon: Tất cả bao nhiêu tiền vậy chị? | Hà Nội: Tất cả bao nhiêu tiền thế chị? — How much is it altogether?
- Saigon: Tất cả tụi em đều thích món này. | Hà Nội: Tất cả bọn em đều thích món này. — All of us love this dish.
- Em làm xong tất cả bài tập rồi. — I've finished all my homework.

## Words in this pattern

- [tất cả](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/tat-ca/#s_tat_ca): all

## Compare

- [The whole, all of: cả](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ca-whole/): all / the whole
- [Every, all: mọi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/moi-every/): every
- [All alike, both: đều before the verb](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/deu-all/): all / both

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