lắm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *slamʔ (“in quantity”); cognate with Bahnar hlăm (“much”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lam˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lam˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lam˦˥]
Determiner
lắm
- many, much; a lot
- Sao mà nói lắm thế?
- Why do you talk so much?
- Mình chưa tới được đâu, còn lắm việc phải làm quá!
- I can't come just now, [because I] still have a lot of work to do!
Synonyms
Adverb
lắm
- very (placed after the word to intensify)
Synonyms
- rất (placed before the word to intensify)
See also
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