đi
go · let's · wear · getting less
Typed without accents: di
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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go
verbto go, to leave
The place follows straight on, with no word for "to": đi chợ, go to the market.
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It's late, I'm off.
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let's
particleAt the end of a sentence, đi urges someone to go ahead: Ăn đi! (go on, eat!). With mình in front it means "let's": Mình đi ăn đi!
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Let's go home, it's late.
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Mình đi uống cà phê đi!
Let's go get coffee!
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wear
verbto wear (shoes, socks), to put on (shoes)
Hà Nội's word for shoes and socks; Saigon says mang giày.
In Saigon you say mang.
A2Hà Nội onlyto recognize
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getting less
particleAfter a describing word, đi says something is changing, usually losing something: ốm đi (get thinner), già đi (get older), yếu đi (get weaker). Growing more often takes ra or lên: mập ra, nóng lên.
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Saigon
Chị tập thể dục nên ốm đi nhiều.
Hà Nội
Chị tập thể dục nên gầy đi nhiều.
I've been exercising, so I've gotten a lot thinner.
A2to recognizeGrammar: Getting more or less: adjective + ra / lên / đi / lại
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