# Thấy: feel; find (in my view) in Vietnamese (A2)

> Thấy means "see", and it also says how something seems to you. Before a describing word, it's how you feel: Em thấy hơi mệt. I feel a bit tired.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/thay-feel-find/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**feel; find (in my view)**

Pattern: `[person] + thấy + [adjective] · [person] + thấy + [sentence] (opinion)`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: thay

Variants:

- cảm thấy (more formal)

*Thấy* means "see", and it also says how something seems to you. Before a describing word, it's how you feel: *Em thấy hơi mệt.* I feel a bit tired. *Dạo này anh thấy khỏe hơn chưa?* Are you feeling better these days?

Before a whole sentence, it gives your impression, like "I find" or "I think": *Em thấy phim này hay.* I think this film is good. To ask someone's view, say *Anh thấy sao?* What do you think? (in Hà Nội, *thế nào*).

English speakers reach for *nghĩ* (think) here. *Nghĩ* is for an opinion you've reasoned out, or a guess: *Em nghĩ là mai trời mưa.* I think it'll rain tomorrow. For your reaction to something you've seen, tried or tasted, *thấy* is the natural word: *Em thấy món này hơi mặn.* I find this a bit salty.

*Cảm thấy* means the same for feelings and sounds more careful; it's common in writing: *Tôi cảm thấy rất vui.*

*Có vẻ* (it looks) and *hình như* (it seems) are less sure: they report how things look or what you've heard. *Thấy* gives your own impression.

For seeing and hearing, *thấy* often goes after *nhìn* or *nghe*: *nhìn thấy*, *nghe thấy*.

## A common mistake

✗ Em ăn thử rồi, em nghĩ là ngon lắm.

✓ Em ăn thử rồi, em thấy ngon lắm.

For your reaction to something you've tried yourself, Vietnamese uses *thấy*. *Nghĩ* sounds like a guess or a view you've worked out.

## Examples

- Em thấy hơi mệt. — I feel a bit tired.
- Em thấy phim này hay. — I think this film is good.
- Saigon: Anh thấy sao? | Hà Nội: Anh thấy thế nào? — What do you think?
- Em thấy món này hơi mặn. — I find this a bit salty.
- Dạo này anh thấy khỏe hơn chưa? — Are you feeling better these days?

## Words in this pattern

- [thấy](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/thay-see/#lx_thay): feel

## Compare

- [Seeing, hearing (the result): nhìn thấy, nghe thấy](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/thay-sense-result/): perceive
- [That (after say, think): rằng / là](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/rang-la-that/): that (+ sentence)
- [It seems: hình như, có vẻ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/co-ve-seems/): seems

Previous in Là, có, and how verbs work together: [Give someone something: cho / tặng + person + thing](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cho-give-order/)
Next in Là, có, and how verbs work together: [I heard that: nghe nói](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nghe-noi-hearsay/)

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