Chúng ta mở ổ khóa.

we

Breakdown of Chúng ta mở ổ khóa.

• mở: to open
• ổ khóa: the lock

Questions & Answers about Chúng ta mở ổ khóa.

What does chúng ta mean here? Is it the same as chúng tôi?

Chúng ta means we including the person being spoken to.

So in this sentence, the speaker is including the listener: you and I / we all open the lock.

This is different from chúng tôi, which means we but not including the listener.

• Chúng ta mở ổ khóa. = We (including you) open the lock.
• Chúng tôi mở ổ khóa. = We (not including you) open the lock.

This inclusive vs. exclusive distinction is very important in Vietnamese and often surprises English speakers, because English just uses we for both.

Why is the word order Chúng ta mở ổ khóa?

Vietnamese usually follows Subject + Verb + Object, much like English.

Here:

• Chúng ta = subject = we
• mở = verb = open / unlock
• ổ khóa = object = lock

So the structure is very straightforward:

• Chúng ta → who does it
• mở → what action happens
• ổ khóa → what receives the action

That is why the sentence looks so close to English word order.

What does mở mean exactly here?