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Definition
Vietnamese
Dạ — cách đáp lễ hoặc hỏi lại ngắn, giọng Nam thường kéo dài.
English
Yes / I hear you — a polite acknowledgment or brief reply; Southern Vietnamese phonetic spelling of 'dạ', often drawn out slightly.
How it's used: Typical neutral usage.
Example
Vietnamese
“— Mày ăn cơm chưa? — Dzạ, chưa, để tí ăn.”
English
“— Have you eaten yet? — Not yet, I'll eat in a bit.”
Usage & Context
Notes
Sắc thái lịch sự hơn khi nói với người lớn tuổi.
Tone & Vibe
Neutral · Dialect · South.
Cultural & Linguistic Detail
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- country or origin scope
- vietnam
- macro region
- south
- cultural subregion
- Nam Bộ
- origin certainty
- likely
- slang types
- expression
- speaker group
- urban, online_community
- age group
- mixed
- community context
- regional_dialect
- register
- casual
- intensity
- mild
- connotation
- neutral
- context of use
- everyday_speech, street_conversation
- literal or figurative
- figurative
- source type
- heard_in_real_life
- current usage status
- current
- commonness
- somewhat_common
- heard from detail
- Thường nghe trong giao tiếp hàng ngày ở miền Nam.
- accent note
- Phát âm theo giọng Nam; thường nhanh hơn và nhẹ hơn giọng Bắc.
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