Cô ấy quen với công việc mới.

In this sentence, quen với means to be used to or to be accustomed to something.

A very helpful way to learn it is as a set phrase:

• quen = familiar, accustomed
• quen với + noun = used to / familiar with something

So here, quen với công việc mới means she is comfortable with or accustomed to the new job/work.

Với links quen to the thing a person is used to or familiar with.

So:

• quen với công việc mới = used to the new job
• quen với môi trường mới = used to the new environment

It is best to think of quen với as a common pattern, not to translate với word-for-word every time.

Without với, the sentence may sound incomplete or less natural in standard Vietnamese when you want to say someone is accustomed to something.

Vietnamese often does not use a verb like English to be in sentences like this.

In English, you say:

• She is used to the new job.

In Vietnamese, you can simply say:

• Cô ấy quen với công việc mới.

That is because quen already expresses a state. Vietnamese frequently uses stative words this way without needing an extra is.

No. These are different words.

• quen = familiar with, used to
• quên = forget

This is an important difference because only the tone mark changes the meaning.

Compare:

• Cô ấy quen với công việc mới. = She is used to the new job.
• Cô ấy quên công việc mới. = She forgot the new job.
  This is grammatically possible, but it would usually sound odd in real life.

So be careful not to confuse quen and quên.

Here, cô ấy means she.

Breakdown:

• cô = a female person, often an adult woman; depending on context it can also mean aunt, teacher, or be used as a pronoun
• ấy = that

Together, cô ấy works like she / that woman in English.

One thing English speakers should know: Vietnamese pronouns depend a lot on age, social relationship, and context. So cô ấy is not a perfectly universal equivalent of she in every situation, but in a sentence like this, it is a very normal way to say she.

Because Vietnamese adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• công việc mới = new job / new work
• nhà mới = new house
• xe mới = new car

This is the opposite of English, where adjectives usually come before the noun.

So the order is:

• công việc = job, work
• mới = new

Together: công việc mới = the new job

No. Mới can have more than one meaning, depending on where it appears.

In this sentence:

• công việc mới = new job

Here mới comes after a noun, so it is an adjective meaning new.

But mới can also mean just / only recently in other sentences, especially before a verb or in different structures.

For example:

• Cô ấy mới đến. = She just arrived.

So position matters.

They are related, but not always identical.

• việc is a broader word. It can mean thing to do, matter, task, or work
• công việc is more specifically work, job, or occupation

In this sentence, công việc mới sounds natural because it refers to a new job or new work situation.

If you said việc mới, it could mean a new task or a new piece of work, depending on context.

So công việc is a good choice here if the meaning is about someone adjusting to a new job.

Yes, you can.

The original sentence:

• Cô ấy quen với công việc mới.

simply states the situation: she is used to the new job.

If you want to emphasize that this change has already happened, you can say:

• Cô ấy đã quen với công việc mới.
• Cô ấy quen với công việc mới rồi.

Both suggest she has gotten used to it already.

A rough guide:

• đã often marks a completed action/state change
• rồi often adds the feeling of already

In everyday speech, rồi is very common.

Yes. Quen has a few related meanings, which can confuse learners.

Common meanings include:

• to be familiar with
• to know someone well / be acquainted with
• to be used to

For example:

• Tôi quen anh ấy. = I know him.
• Tôi quen sống ở đây. = I am used to living here.
• Tôi quen với thời tiết này. = I am used to this weather.

In some contexts, especially in informal speech, forms like quen nhau can also relate to knowing each other or even dating, depending on context.

But in Cô ấy quen với công việc mới, the meaning is clearly used to / accustomed to, because the object is công việc mới.

A useful thing to focus on is the tone of each word:

• cô — level tone
• ấy — rising tone
• quen — level tone
• với — rising tone
• công — level tone
• việc — heavy, low tone
• mới — rising tone

Two especially important points:

• quen and quên are different because of the vowel and tone
• việc has a heavy tone, so it should not sound flat

If you are practicing aloud, try saying it slowly in chunks:

• Cô ấy
• quen với
• công việc mới

Then combine them into one smooth sentence.