Từ "rất/lắm/quá": quy tắc, ví dụ và bài tập | Vietnamese Grammar A1

Từ "rất/lắm/quá"

A1 — Tính từ & Mô tả

Intensifiers: rất + adj (before), adj + lắm/quá (after)

Can use rất, lắm, and quá to intensify adjectives with correct positioning

Intensifiers: rất + adj (before), adj + lắm/quá (after)

Examples

Cà phê sữa đá ngon lắm! — Iced milk coffee is SO delicious!
Đắt quá! Rẻ hơn được không? — Too expensive! Can it be cheaper?
Trời rất nóng hôm nay. — It's very hot today.

Tính từ & Mô tảA1

Intensifiers

Intensifiers: rất, lắm, quá

Learning Goal

Can use intensifiers correctly

Exam Skills:NóiViết

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

Cà phê sữa đá ngon lắm!

Iced milk coffee is SO delicious!

Đắt quá! Rẻ hơn được không?

Too expensive! Can it be cheaper?

Trời rất nóng hôm nay.

It's very hot today.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

Từ "rất/lắm/quá" — Intensifiers

Vietnamese has several ways to say 'very/so/too', differing by position and nuance.

Word	Position	Meaning	Example
rất	BEFORE adj	very (neutral)	rất đẹp (very beautiful)
lắm	AFTER adj	very (emphatic)	đẹp lắm! (SO beautiful!)
quá	AFTER adj	too/so (exclamation)	đắt quá! (Too expensive!)

rất vs lắm: rất is neutral/factual. lắm is emotional/emphatic. Cô ấy rất đẹp = She's very beautiful (statement). Cô ấy đẹp lắm! = She's SO beautiful! (exclamation).

quá: Can mean 'too' (excessive) or 'so' (exclamatory). Đắt quá! = Too expensive! / So expensive!

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Practice Exercises

Mixing up positions (rất before, lắm/quá after). 🇬🇧 English speakers: Put lắm before adjective like English 'very': *lắm đẹp instead of đẹp lắm. 🇩🇪 German speakers: German 'sehr' comes before (like rất). May put all intensifiers before.

Common Error Patterns

Put lắm/quá before adjective or rất after

rất goes BEFORE: rất đẹp. lắm/quá go AFTER: đẹp lắm, đắt quá.

Cà phê sữa đá ngon lắm!

Iced milk coffee is SO delicious!

ngon lắm = SO delicious (emphatic). lắm after adjective adds emotional emphasis.

Đắt quá! Rẻ hơn được không?

Too expensive! Can it be cheaper?

đắt quá = too expensive! Essential shopping phrase. quá after adjective = too/so much.

Trời rất nóng hôm nay.

It's very hot today.

rất nóng = very hot. rất BEFORE adjective = neutral 'very'. Compare: nóng lắm = SO hot! (emphatic).

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Frequently asked questions

When is Từ "rất/lắm/quá" used?: Vietnamese has several ways to say 'very/so/too', differing by position and nuance.
How is Từ "rất/lắm/quá" formed?: rất vs lắm: rất is neutral/factual. lắm is emotional/emphatic. Cô ấy rất đẹp = She's very beautiful (statement). Cô ấy đẹp lắm! = She's SO beautiful! (exclamation). quá: Can mean 'too' (excessive) or 'so' (exclamatory). Đắt quá! = Too expensive! / So expensive!
What are common mistakes with Từ "rất/lắm/quá"?: Mixing up positions (rất before, lắm/quá after). 🇬🇧 English speakers: Put lắm before adjective like English 'very': *lắm đẹp instead of đẹp lắm. 🇩🇪 German speakers: German 'sehr' comes before (like rất). May put all intensifiers before. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: Russian очень comes before (like rất). lắm/quá after is new. 🇨🇿 Czech speakers: Czech velmi comes before (like rất). Post-position intensifiers are unfamiliar.