đấy

Pronoun

 * 1) there, that place, that

Usage notes

 * In the Southern dialects, is usually preferred.
 * The demonstrative pronoun đấy ("there, that") denotes a place, person or thing far from the speaker, but close to whom the speaker is talking to. When denoting a place, đấy refers to either a location or a movement to the location.


 * The destination for in the "đi + preposition + destination" construction can be expressed by đấy ("there") and is treated as a noun.


 * Đấy can serve as the subject of the sentence containing the predicate noun.


 * Indefinite pronouns and adverbs are formed by placing a question word before the demonstrative đấy: đấy ("someone"),  đấy ("something"),  đấy ("somewhere"),  đấy ("sometime"),  nào đấy ("somewhere, someplace, in some place"),  nào đấy ("someone").


 * Đấy and are also adverbs of place and can be semantically paired to form a similarity clause.


 * Đấy is used after a preposition to refer to an action or event that has just been mentioned.


 * In recent years, the demonstrative pronoun đấy is used in the Hanoi dialect with the function of the demonstrative adjective, for instance: đấy, cái  đấy, bộ  đấy.

Usage notes

 * When used in questions, đấy can be replaced by . In the Southern dialects, đó is used instead of đấy and instead of thế.
 * When expressing affirmation, the meaning of đấy is similar to the English "actually" or "in fact". In the Southern dialects, đó is used instead of đấy.