# năm ngoái meaning in Vietnamese: last year (A1)

> năm ngoái means “last year” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nam-ngoai/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**năm ngoái**: last year

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: nam ngoai

## 1. last year (noun)

*Năm trước* means the same, and can also mean the year before another one.

- Năm ngoái em đi Nhật. — I went to Japan last year.
- Năm ngoái chị còn học đại học. — Last year I was still in college.

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