Verb conjugator

Vietnamese verb conjugation tables

Type any Vietnamese verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Vietnamese verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Vietnamese verbs across 4 core tenses. Pick a verb like là (to be) or là (to be), or type any Vietnamese verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing là (to be) · copula, used before nouns/pronouns only, never before adjectives; invariable (no conjugation)

là

to be copula, used before nouns/pronouns only, never before adjectives; invariable (no conjugation)
Present
tôi là
bạn là
anh ấy / cô ấy là
chúng tôi là
các bạn là
họ là
Present Continuous
tôi đang là
bạn đang là
anh ấy / cô ấy đang là
chúng tôi đang là
các bạn đang là
họ đang là
Past
tôi đã là
bạn đã là
anh ấy / cô ấy đã là
chúng tôi đã là
các bạn đã là
họ đã là
Future
tôi sẽ là
bạn sẽ là
anh ấy / cô ấy sẽ là
chúng tôi sẽ là
các bạn sẽ là
họ sẽ là

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How Vietnamese conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 4 core tenses: Present, Present Continuous, Past, Future.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (copula, used before nouns/pronouns only, never before adjectives; invariable (no conjugation) for là, for example). Irregular verbs like là (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Vietnamese, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Vietnamese verbs?

To conjugate a Vietnamese verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take là (to be): in the tôi form it is là now, đang là in the past, and đã là in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Vietnamese verbs?

The most common Vietnamese verbs include là (to be), có (to have), đi (to go), ăn (to eat), uống (to drink), nói (to speak, to say), học (to study, to learn), làm (to do, to make, to work). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Vietnamese verb conjugation hard?

Vietnamese conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Vietnamese is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Vietnamese have?

These three, Present, Present Continuous, Past, Future, are the core of everyday Vietnamese and the right place to start. Real Vietnamese also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.