# để mình nghĩ đã meaning in Vietnamese: think first

> để mình nghĩ đã means “let me think first” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/de-minh-nghi-da/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**để mình nghĩ đã**: think first

Typed without accents: de minh nghi da

## 1. think first (interjection)

let me think first

Buys you a moment; *đã* here means 'first'. To someone older, use your pronoun and add *ạ*: *Để cháu nghĩ đã ạ.*

- Để mình nghĩ đã… mình sống ở đây được ba năm rồi. — Let me think… I've lived here for three years now.
- Saigon: Đi đâu chơi hả? Để mình nghĩ đã. | Hà Nội: Đi đâu chơi à? Để mình nghĩ đã. — Where shall we go? Let me think first.

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