Breakdown of Do chuyến bay nối chuyến chậm nên hành lý đến muộn.
muộn
late
chậm
slow
đến
to arrive
hành lý
the luggage
Questions & Answers about Do chuyến bay nối chuyến chậm nên hành lý đến muộn.
What does do ... nên ... do in this sentence?
It marks a cause-and-result relationship.
- do = because of / due to
- nên = so / therefore
So the structure is:
- Do X nên Y = Because of X, Y happened
In this sentence:
- Do chuyến bay nối chuyến chậm = because the connecting flight was delayed / late
- nên hành lý đến muộn = so the luggage arrived late
This pattern is very common in Vietnamese, even though in natural English we usually would not say because ... so ... in the same sentence.
Why does the sentence use both do and nên? In English, because ... so ... often sounds wrong.
That is a good question. In Vietnamese, using both is normal.
Vietnamese often allows:
- Do/Vì ... nên ... = because ..., so ...
This is not considered ungrammatical the way it usually is in English.
You can also shorten it:
- Chuyến bay nối chuyến chậm nên hành lý đến muộn.
- Do chuyến bay nối chuyến chậm, hành lý đến muộn.
All of these are understandable. The version with both do and nên simply makes the cause-result link extra clear.
What exactly does chuyến bay nối chuyến mean?