Lan muốn cưới An.

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Breakdown of Lan muốn cưới An.

• Lan: Lan
• muốn: to want
• cưới: to marry

Questions & Answers about Lan muốn cưới An.

What is the basic word order in Lan muốn cưới An?

The word order is:

subject + modal/attitude verb + main verb + object

So here:

• Lan = subject
• muốn = want / wants to
• cưới = marry
• An = object

That is why the sentence literally lines up as:

Lan / wants / marry / An

This is very similar to English word order, except Vietnamese does not need to before the second verb.

Why is there no word for to before cưới?

In Vietnamese, after verbs like muốn (want), the next verb usually comes directly after it.

So:

• muốn cưới = want to marry
• muốn ăn = want to eat
• muốn đi = want to go

English uses to in this kind of structure, but Vietnamese normally does not. So muốn + verb is a very common pattern.

What exactly does muốn mean here?