Tôi đọc về cáo.

to read

Breakdown of Tôi đọc về cáo.

• tôi: me
• về: about
• cáo: the fox

Questions & Answers about Tôi đọc về cáo.

What does về mean in this sentence?

Here về means about.

So:

• đọc = to read
• đọc về = to read about
• cáo = fox / foxes

So Tôi đọc về cáo is literally I read about foxes or I read about the fox, depending on context.

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Why is the word order Tôi đọc về cáo and not something closer to English like Tôi về đọc cáo?

Vietnamese word order here is very straightforward:

• Tôi = I
• đọc = read
• về cáo = about foxes

So the pattern is:

Subject + verb + preposition phrase

That makes Tôi đọc về cáo a natural structure for I read about foxes.

If you changed the order, the meaning would change or the sentence might stop making sense.

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Does cáo mean a fox, the fox, or foxes?