Tớ suýt nhập mật mã này.

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Breakdown of Tớ suýt nhập mật mã này.

• tớ: I (informal, peer)
• nhập: to enter; to input
• suýt + verb: to almost do something

Questions & Answers about Tớ suýt nhập mật mã này.

What does tớ mean here, and when can I use it?

Tớ means I / me, but it is an informal way to refer to yourself.

It is commonly used:

• between friends
• by children or young people
• in casual, friendly conversation

It is not the neutral all-purpose word for I. In other contexts, you might use:

• tôi = more neutral/polite
• mình = friendly, soft, sometimes intimate
• tao = very rough/blunt, only in certain close or hostile contexts

So Tớ suýt nhập mật mã này sounds like something said casually to a friend, not in a formal situation.

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How does suýt work in this sentence?

Suýt means almost / nearly.

In Vietnamese, it usually comes before the main verb:

• suýt ngã = almost fell
• suýt quên = almost forgot
• suýt nhập mật mã này = almost entered this code/password

A useful pattern is:

• Subject + suýt + verb

So here:

• Tớ = I
• suýt = almost
• nhập = enter/type in

This is very similar to English I almost entered...

There is often a nuance that the action was close to happening, and sometimes that it would have been a mistake or something undesirable.

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Why is này at the end instead of before the noun like this in English?