Questions & Answers about Khách tham quan hỏi về niên đại của bảo vật.
What does khách tham quan mean exactly?
Khách tham quan means visitor(s), especially people visiting a place such as a museum, historical site, exhibition, or tourist attraction.
- khách = guest, customer, visitor
- tham quan = to visit/sightsee/tour
Together, khách tham quan is a common way to say visitors in a formal or informational context.
It can refer to one visitor or many visitors, depending on context.
Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?
Vietnamese usually does not use articles like a, an, or the the way English does.
So Khách tham quan hỏi về niên đại của bảo vật can mean:
- A visitor asked about the age of the treasure
- The visitors asked about the age of the treasure
- Visitors asked about the age of the treasure
The exact interpretation depends on context. Vietnamese often leaves this kind of information unstated unless it needs to be made specific.
Why is hỏi về used instead of just hỏi?