Questions & Answers about Món này có tương.
Why is món used here? Does it mean dish?
Yes. Món is a common Vietnamese noun for a dish, food item, or prepared food.
So món này means this dish or this food item.
A learner might compare:
- món này = this dish
- cái này = this thing / this one
For food, món sounds much more natural than cái.
Why does này come after the noun instead of before it?
In Vietnamese, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun.
So:
- món này = this dish
- món kia = that dish
This is different from English, where this comes before the noun.
A useful pattern is:
- noun + này = this + noun
- noun + kia/đó = that + noun
What does có mean in this sentence?
Here, có means has, contains, or comes with, depending on context.
So Món này có tương literally means something like: