đã

Usage notes

 * Many language learning materials describe đã as "past tense". This is however not the way "past tense" is normally understood: before the present moment. The word instead indicates the action took place before the moment implied by the context: if the context is present tense, đã can indicate past tense, but if the context is past tense, đã would indicate an even earlier moment. A narration of a series of past events does not require đã the way past tense would normally be used in English:
 * The use of đã before an action or state often conveys surprise at how fast the action was finished or the state came to be. Compare:
 * The use of đã before an action or state often conveys surprise at how fast the action was finished or the state came to be. Compare:

Verb

 * 1)  to satisfy; to pleasure; to refresh
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