Khuôn nứt ở trên kệ bên lò nung.

The cracked mould is on the shelf beside the kiln.

Breakdown of Khuôn nứt ở trên kệ bên lò nung.

• ở: at
• trên: on (on top of)
• bên: beside; next to
• kệ: the shelf

Questions & Answers about Khuôn nứt ở trên kệ bên lò nung.

What does each word in Khuôn nứt ở trên kệ bên lò nung mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• khuôn = mold / mould / form
• nứt = cracked / to crack
• ở = to be at / in / on; marks location
• trên = on / above
• kệ = shelf
• bên = beside / next to
• lò nung = kiln

So the sentence is built from a noun phrase plus a location phrase.

How is the sentence structured?

A natural way to parse it is:

• Khuôn nứt = the cracked mold
• ở trên kệ = is on the shelf
• bên lò nung = beside the kiln

So the overall structure is:

[noun + description] + [location]

Vietnamese often puts descriptive words after the noun, not before it as English does.

Why does nứt come after khuôn?

Because Vietnamese usually places modifiers after the noun.

So:

• khuôn nứt = cracked mold
• literally something like mold cracked

This is very normal in Vietnamese. English says the cracked mold, but Vietnamese tends to say mold cracked.

Is nứt a verb or an adjective here?