Questions & Answers about Vua sống ở đây.
What does each word in Vua sống ở đây mean?
- vua = king
- sống = to live
- ở đây = here
So the sentence means The king lives here.
What is the word order of this sentence?
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.
Why is there no word for the before vua?
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.
Why do we need both sống and ở? Doesn’t ở already relate to location?