các

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːk̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 各 (“each, individually, every, all”).

Determiner

các

1. Plural marker

Usage notes

• Not used very often in colloquial Vietnamese, replaced by mấy, except in pronouns (such as các bạn). Even then, the use of these pronouns might indicate that the speaker wants to sound serious.
• Generally speaking, các suggests that all of a given set of entities are involved, as opposed to những, which implies that only a certain number of the total possible number are referred to.
• Plural marking is not always grammatically required in Vietnamese, in contrast with many Indo-European languages, and can be omitted in many situations.

Synonyms

• những

Etymology 2

French carte.

Noun

các

1. (dated) cell phone's card

Alternative forms

• cạc

Etymology 3

Verb

các

1. to pay the difference, to give in compensation

References

• https://vdict.com/