thì có

Vietnamese

Etymology

thì (“reluctantly”) +‎ có (“to have”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰi˨˩ kɔ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɪj˦˩ kɔ˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɪj˨˩ kɔ˦˥]

Adverb

thì có

  1. (literal) Used to indicate acknowledgement, yet with somewhat negative notion: maybe
    Học thì có học đấy, mà bị cái chơi lấn át rồi. ― You maybe indeed catch on what your teacher said, yet you'll soon forget when you're playing a lot like that.
  2. (colloquial) Used to express one's denial of others' statements: otherwise
    Giàu gì đâu, có mà nghèo rớt mùng tơi thì có ― I'm not rich, and I'm very much broke otherwise.
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