"thành ra/ thành thử" in Vietnamese: meaning, usage & examples (Southern dialect)

Definition

What it means

English

denotes that what is about to be said is the natural outcome of a thing just mentioned, meaning akin to "therefore, therefore". often used in colloquial speech

Tiếng Việt

biểu thị điều sắp nêu ra là kết quả tự nhiên có một điều vừa nói tới, có nghĩa gần giống với “ do đó, vì vậy”. thường được dùng trong khẩu ngữ

Examples

In real Southern Vietnamese

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Gần Tết Rồi thành thử cái gì cũng lên giá

Tet is coming so everything is inflation
Nhà là con một thành ra Minh rất lười biếng

My family is the only child, so Minh is very lazy
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“thành ra/ thành thử” has more than one use

Same word, different jobs in a sentence. These are covered separately:

thành ra/ thành thử 'Thành ra' and 'thành thử' are the conversational result-connectors that link a cause to its natural consequen…

Usage notes

'Thành ra / thành thử + clause' = 'therefore / and so / as a result'. Marks the natural consequence of the previous statement. Less formal than 'do đó' or 'vì vậy'; warmer than 'cho nên'. Often used to wrap up a chain of reasoning in spoken Vietnamese.

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