nay

time of day · today

A1 · estimate

Meanings

Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.

  1. time of day

    pronoun

    this

    Goes after a part of the day: sáng nay, this morning; tối nay, tonight. After most other time words 'this' is này (tuần này, this week), but this year is năm nay.

    A1Grammar: này or nay in time words: tuần này, năm nay

  2. today

    noun

    Casual Saigon speech, short for hôm nay, which is the word everywhere.

    Said everywhere: hôm nay.

    A1Saigon onlycasualto recognize

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