Vua sống ở đây.

• vua = king
• sống = to live
• ở đây = here

So the sentence means The king lives here.

The word order is very straightforward:

• Vua = subject
• sống = verb
• ở đây = location

So it follows the common Vietnamese pattern:

Subject + Verb + Place

That is very similar to English The king lives here.

Vietnamese does not use articles like a / an / the the way English does.

So vua can mean:

• a king
• the king
• sometimes just king in a general sense

Which one is intended depends on context. In a simple sentence like this, English often translates it as The king lives here.

Yes, but they do different jobs here:

• sống means live in the sense of reside / have one’s life somewhere
• ở đây means here

So:

• sống ở đây = live here

A useful contrast:

• Vua ở đây = The king is here / The king is staying here
• Vua sống ở đây = The king lives here

So sống gives the idea of residence or way of living, while ở đây tells you the place.

Yes. sống can be:

• a verb: to live
• an adjective-like word: alive

In this sentence, it is clearly a verb because it is followed by a place phrase:

• sống ở đây = live here

Examples:

• Ông ấy còn sống. = He is still alive.
• Ông ấy sống ở đây. = He lives here.

Usually, Vua ở đây is more likely to mean:

• The king is here
• The king is staying here
• The king is located here

If you want to express habitual residence clearly, Vua sống ở đây is better.

So the difference is roughly:

• ở đây alone = being here
• sống ở đây = living here

Yes. ở đây functions as a place expression meaning here.

Literally:

• ở = at / in
• đây = here / this place

Together, they naturally mean here or in this place.

No, that would not sound correct in standard Vietnamese.

You normally say:

• sống ở đây = live here
• sống ở Việt Nam = live in Vietnam
• sống ở thành phố này = live in this city

The preposition ở is normally used before the place.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• vua ≈ voo-uh / vu-uh
• sống ≈ song with a rising-creaky tone
• ở ≈ a short vowel somewhat like uh with a broken-rising tone
• đây ≈ day with a rising tone

Important tone notes:

• vua = no marked tone
• sống = sắc tone mark on ô plus the ngã-like contour in Southern/Northern traditions depending on accent? Actually in standard spelling, sống has the sắc mark? No: ố is acute, so it is the sắc tone.
• ở has the hỏi tone mark
• đây has the sắc tone mark

A learner should especially pay attention to ở and đây, because tone mistakes can make you harder to understand.

In this sentence, vua is understood as the literal king.

But in Vietnamese, vua can also appear in extended meanings, for example in expressions meaning someone is the king of something, like a champion or top figure. Still, for a basic sentence like this, you should understand vua simply as king.

Yes, it is a natural and correct sentence.

It is short, simple, and grammatical:

• Vua = subject
• sống = verb
• ở đây = place

It sounds like a basic statement such as The king lives here.

You could say:

• Vua đang sống ở đây.

Here, đang marks an ongoing action, similar to English is living.

Compare:

• Vua sống ở đây. = The king lives here / The king is living here depending on context
• Vua đang sống ở đây. = The king is living here more explicitly

Often yes, in conversation Vietnamese can omit the subject when context makes it clear.

But in this sentence, vua is included because the speaker wants to state specifically who lives here.

So:

• Vua sống ở đây. = full sentence
• Sống ở đây. by itself would usually need context and would not normally be the best standalone translation of The king lives here.

No. The main verb here is already sống = live.

So there is no need for a separate verb like is.

English:

• The king lives here.

Vietnamese:

• Vua sống ở đây.

If the sentence were something like The king is here, then Vietnamese would usually say:

• Vua ở đây.

So Vietnamese does not always use a separate copula like English to be.