Lesson 4: Personal Pronoun 3 | Learn Vietnamese With Linh!

First-person and second-person in plural: 

So you have learned a few words for first-person and second-person, but you haven’t learn them in the plural form yet.

These charts are created by me after a long talk with my friends. We agree that these plural forms of personal pronouns in Vietnamese are confusing as hell. There is no system and people pretty much learn by the time. But don’t be scared. You don’t have to remember all of these chart, especially the rude versions. I won’t teach you with these words. They are just for reference, in case you hear some words but not sure what they really mean.

• First-person in plural 

We	Chúng tôi	Only about people who talk in the conversation
	Chúng ta	Include everyone in the conversation, the talkers and the listeners.
	Chúng tao	The rude version of chúng tôi
	Chúng tớ	The friendly version of chúng tôi
	Chúng mình	The same as chúng ta

• Second-person in plural

You	Các bạn	You in plural
	Các cậu	Pairs with chúng tớ
	Chúng mày	Pairs with chúng tao

• Third-person in plural

They	Họ Bọn họ	Words talking about people
	Chúng nó	Words talking about animals, insects…
	Chúng	Can be used for both people and animals.However, if it’s used for people, it’s considered to be rude. People who use this word must have looked down on the people they are talking about.

Here are a few notes on making the plural form of personal pronouns. You may have noticed “chúng,” “các,” “bọn”, they are few of many words that are added to singular personal pronouns to make the plural forms.

Chúng	Can go with all singular personal pronouns except “họ” and “cậu”The world itself is considered rude to call people, so it’s an informal word.	Chúng tôi Chúng tớ Chúng tao Chúng mình	We
		Chúng ta	We (include talkers and listeners)
		Chúng mày	You (rude)
		Chúng nó	They (for animals)

Các

Can only go with second-person personal pronouns Các is formal, so don’t go with rude words like “mày”

Các bạn Các cậu

You (in plural)

Tụi	Tụi is like chúng, can go with all singular personal pronouns except “họ”It’s informal, doesn’t go with “bạn”	Tụi tôi Tụi tớ Tụi tao Tụi mình	We
		Tụi cậu Tụi mày	You
		Tụi nó	They (for people, rude)

Bọn	Bọn can go with any personal pronouns.It’s informal, doesn’t go with “bạn”	Bọn tôi Bọn tớ Bọn tao Bọn mình	We
		Bọn cậu Bọn mày	You
		Bọn họ Bọn nó	They

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