What it means
"lắm" = "very / a lot", placed AFTER the adjective: ngon lắm = "very tasty". It is casual and extremely common in Southern speech.
"lắm" nghĩa là "rất / nhiều", đặt SAU tính từ: ngon lắm, mệt lắm. Mang sắc thái thân mật, rất phổ biến trong tiếng Nam.
In real Southern Vietnamese
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“lắm” has more than one use
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