Videobiết thế

Learn how to use the Vietnamese phrase biết thế to express regret and hindsight in everyday conversation. This lesson covers the primary meaning of the phrase, which translates to 'if I had known' or 'had I known,' and explores how it functions as an exclamation of regret about past situations. We will examine common sentence structures, including extended forms like biết thế thì and literary variants like giá biết thế. You will also learn to distinguish this phrase from the similar-sounding biết thế nào, which expresses uncertainty rather than regret. Watch this lesson to master these essential expressions of hindsight.