Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Làm is a very common verb that often means do or work.

In Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay, it can mean either:

• I do it every day, except today
• I work every day, except today

The exact meaning depends on context. Vietnamese often leaves out information that is already understood.

If you want to make work clearer, you can say:

• Tôi làm việc mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

If you want to make do something clearer, you would usually add an object:

• Tôi làm việc đó mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay. = I do that every day, except today.

Vietnamese often does not mark tense the way English does.

Instead, time is usually understood from:

• context
• time words
• aspect markers such as đã, đang, sẽ

In this sentence, mỗi ngày and hôm nay give the time frame, so no extra tense word is needed.

That is why Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay is natural. It describes a usual habit, with one exception.

If needed, Vietnamese can add markers, but it often does not.

Mỗi ngày means every day or literally each day.

• mỗi = each / every
• ngày = day

So Tôi làm mỗi ngày means I do it every day or I work every day.

A very similar expression is hằng ngày, which also means daily / every day.

Trừ means except or excluding.

So:

• trừ hôm nay = except today

It works like a preposition here. It introduces the exception to the general statement.

Structure:

• [main statement], trừ [exception]

So:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.
• literally: I do/work every day, except today.

Other similar forms include:

• ngoại trừ hôm nay
• trừ ra hôm nay
• ngoài hôm nay ra

But trừ hôm nay is short and straightforward.

The comma is helpful, but in casual writing it is not always absolutely necessary.

With the comma:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Without it:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày trừ hôm nay.

Both can be understood, but the comma makes the pause and the exception clearer. In careful writing, the comma is a good choice.

Yes, sometimes.

For example, this is also natural:

• Trừ hôm nay, tôi làm mỗi ngày.

This puts more emphasis on the exception first: Except today, I do it every day.

However, not every rearrangement sounds natural. Vietnamese word order is flexible in some cases, but the most neutral version here is:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Yes, it is understandable and natural enough, especially if the context already makes làm clear.

But in real conversation, Vietnamese speakers might often say something slightly more specific or idiomatic, such as:

• Tôi làm việc mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay. = I work every day, except today.
• Ngày nào tôi cũng làm, trừ hôm nay. = I do it every day, except today.
• Ngày nào tôi cũng đi làm, trừ hôm nay. = I go to work every day, except today.

The original sentence is fine, but because làm is broad, a fuller version may sound clearer.

Sometimes, yes.

Vietnamese often drops the subject when it is obvious from context. So in a conversation, if everyone already knows you are talking about yourself, you might hear:

• Làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

But as a standalone sentence, especially for learners, keeping tôi is better and clearer:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Both mean today.

• hôm nay is the normal, common everyday form.
• ngày hôm nay is a bit fuller and can sound more formal, more emphatic, or slightly more literary depending on context.

In this sentence, hôm nay is the most natural choice:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Usually, yes, but some placements sound more natural than others.

Most natural:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.

Also possible:

• Mỗi ngày tôi làm, trừ hôm nay.

That version emphasizes every day a bit more.

Less natural in ordinary speech:

• Tôi mỗi ngày làm...

This can sound awkward unless it is part of a larger structure.

So for learners, the safest patterns are:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày...
• Mỗi ngày tôi làm...

They are very close in meaning.

• mỗi ngày = every day / each day
• hằng ngày = daily / every day

In many cases, they are interchangeable:

• Tôi làm mỗi ngày.
• Tôi làm hằng ngày.

A small difference in feeling:

• mỗi ngày often feels a little more literal: each day
• hằng ngày can feel a little more like regularly / on a daily basis

Both are correct here.

Here are some common alternatives, depending on what you mean:

If you mean I work every day, except today:

• Tôi làm việc mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.
• Ngày nào tôi cũng làm việc, trừ hôm nay.
• Ngày nào tôi cũng đi làm, trừ hôm nay.

If you mean I do it every day, except today:

• Tôi làm việc đó mỗi ngày, trừ hôm nay.
• Ngày nào tôi cũng làm việc đó, trừ hôm nay.

These versions are often clearer because they specify whether làm means work or do something.