Questions & Answers about Tôi dành thời gian đọc.
Here, dành means to set aside, to devote, or to reserve.
So dành thời gian is a very common phrase meaning to devote time or to make time for something.
In Tôi dành thời gian đọc, the idea is not just that time passes while I read, but that I intentionally set aside time to read.
Vietnamese often does not need a separate word where English would use to or for.
In this sentence, đọc comes after dành thời gian to show the activity that the time is devoted to:
- Tôi dành thời gian đọc = I devote time to reading
You can also say:
- Tôi dành thời gian để đọc
Adding để makes the purpose more explicit, like in order to read, but the shorter version is also natural.
Đọc is still a verb here. It means to read.
Vietnamese often lets a verb follow another verb phrase directly, without changing its form. So unlike English, you do not need something like reading or to read as a special form.