Hãy thả tay tôi ra.

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Breakdown of Hãy thả tay tôi ra.

• ra: to go out
• hãy: (imperative marker)
• tay: the hand

Questions & Answers about Hãy thả tay tôi ra.

What does hãy mean in this sentence?

Hãy is a marker used to make a request, instruction, or exhortation. In English, it often corresponds to please, do, or just the imperative mood.

So:

• Hãy thả tay tôi ra. = Let go of my hand.

A few notes:

• Hãy is common in careful, instructional, or written Vietnamese.
• In real-life urgent speech, people often just say:
  • Thả tay tôi ra!
• So hãy adds an imperative feel, but it does not always sound especially soft or polite like English please.

What does thả mean here?

In this sentence, thả means something like release, let go, or let loose.

It often has the idea of allowing something to move freely instead of holding it.

Examples:

• thả chim = release a bird
• thả tóc = let one’s hair down
• thả tay tôi ra = let go of my hand

In everyday speech, a learner may also hear:

• Buông tay tôi ra.

That is also very natural, and buông often sounds even more directly like let go.

Why is it tay tôi and not tay của tôi?