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in Vietnamese chưa (còn)

BrE /jɛt/ AmE /jɛt/

adverb en → vi

1 NEGATIVE FUTURE [not + verb] A1

chưa (còn)

used to say that something has not happened or is not true at the present time, especially when you expect it to happen soon

  • not have done sth yet

Collocations haven't finished yet · hasn't arrived yet

  • I haven't eaten breakfast yet.

    Tôi chưa ăn sáng.

2 NEGATIVE PAST [not + verb] A2

chưa (còn)

used to say that something has not happened or is not true at a time in the past, especially when you expect it to have happened by then

  • didn't do sth yet

Collocations hadn't finished yet · weren't ready yet

  • We didn't leave until 10 o'clock, so we were late.

    Chúng tôi chưa rời đi cho đến 10 giờ nên đã trễ.

7 POSITIVE FUTURE [verb + yet] A2

còn (đến)

used to say that something will happen or is expected to happen in the future, especially when you are asking a question

  • have done sth yet?

Collocations Have you finished yet? · Has the meeting started yet?

  • Have you seen Tom yet?

    Bạn đã gặp Tom chưa?

8 POSITIVE PAST [verb + yet] A2

còn (đến)

used to say that something happened or was true at a time in the past, especially when you are asking a question

  • did sth yet?

Collocations Did you finish your homework yet? · Had the meeting started by then?

  • Did you arrive before 10 o'clock?

    Bạn đã đến trước 10 giờ chưa?