Tôi đi cùng chồng.

to go

Breakdown of Tôi đi cùng chồng.

• tôi: me
• cùng: with
• chồng: the husband

Questions & Answers about Tôi đi cùng chồng.

What does Tôi đi cùng chồng mean word by word?

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• Tôi = I
• đi = go
• cùng = together with / with
• chồng = husband

So the sentence literally works like I go with husband, but in natural English it is I go with my husband or I’m going with my husband, depending on context.

Why is there no word for my before chồng?

Vietnamese often leaves out possessive words like my, your, or his/her when the relationship is obvious from context.

So chồng here naturally means my husband because the subject is tôi and the sentence is about the speaker going with him.

This is very common with family words:

• Tôi yêu mẹ. = I love my mother.
• Anh gặp em gái. = He met his younger sister or you met your younger sister, depending on context.

If you want to make it explicit, you can say:

• chồng tôi = my husband

So Tôi đi cùng chồng is natural, and Tôi đi cùng chồng tôi is also possible for extra clarity.

What does cùng do in this sentence?