Sự cố ở trong căn hộ.

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Breakdown of Sự cố ở trong căn hộ.

• trong: inside
• căn hộ: the apartment
• sự cố: the incident

Questions & Answers about Sự cố ở trong căn hộ.

What does sự cố mean exactly?

Sự cố is a noun. It usually means an incident, a problem, a malfunction, or trouble, depending on context.

A few common uses:

• sự cố kỹ thuật = technical problem / malfunction
• sự cố giao thông = traffic incident
• sự cố điện = power problem

So it is broader than just one English word. You choose the best English translation from the situation.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Vietnamese often does not use a separate word equivalent to English is in location sentences.

Here, ở does the job of marking location, so:

Sự cố ở trong căn hộ
literally feels like
incident located inside apartment

So even without an explicit is, the sentence is complete in Vietnamese.

What does ở trong mean, and why are there two words?

trong means in / inside.
ở is often used to mark location, roughly at / in / located at.

Together, ở trong means in / inside, with a slightly clearer sense of physical location.

So:

• trong căn hộ = in the apartment
• ở trong căn hộ = inside the apartment / located in the apartment

In many cases, both are possible. Ở trong can sound a bit more explicit.

Is the word order different from English?