Requests and Commands

Vietnamese request/command sentence is usually a short sentence to order, request, suggest or advise listeners to do or not to do something.
It is formed with words like hãy, đừng, chớ, etc in front of a verb, and words like đi, thôi, nào, etc behind a verb, and an exclamation mark at the end.

A common command sentence:
Hãy/ đừng/ chớ/Không được + verb
Verb+ đi/ thôi/ nào,
Cho + subject+ Verb + Object

TO MAKE A POLITE REQUEST:

1. “làm ơn/(xin) vui lòng + V ” in formal situations when you talk to someone you do not know well.

2. Use the question “có thể …không?”

3. Add “đi” / “nha” / “nhé” at the end of the statement to sound friendlier in informal situations.