Giá vé rất cao.

very

Breakdown of Giá vé rất cao.

• vé: the ticket
• giá: the price
• cao: high or tall

Questions & Answers about Giá vé rất cao.

Why is it giá vé and not vé giá?

Vietnamese usually puts the main noun first and the describing noun after it.

• giá = price
• vé = ticket

So giá vé literally means ticket price or price of the ticket.

This is a very common pattern in Vietnamese:

• nhà bếp = kitchen
• xe đạp = bicycle
• tiền vé would sound different and is not the normal way to say ticket price

So giá vé is the natural order.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Vietnamese, you often do not need a copula like is/are before adjectives.

So:

• Giá vé rất cao. = The ticket price is very high.

Vietnamese commonly says:

• Trời nóng. = The weather is hot.
• Cô ấy đẹp. = She is beautiful.

The adjective can directly describe the noun without là.

Why is rất placed before cao?

Because rất is an adverb meaning very, and in Vietnamese it usually comes before the adjective it modifies.

So:

• rất cao = very high
• rất đắt = very expensive
• rất tốt = very good

This is similar to English word order in phrases like very high.