Mật mã có dãy số.

to have

Breakdown of Mật mã có dãy số.

• mật mã: the code; cipher
• dãy số: the number sequence

Questions & Answers about Mật mã có dãy số.

Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?

Vietnamese usually does not require articles like English the, a, or an.

So Mật mã có dãy số can be understood from context as:

• the code has a number sequence
• a code has a number sequence
• the password contains digits

Vietnamese often leaves this kind of information unstated unless it is important to be specific. Context tells you whether it is a code, the code, or codes in general.

What does có mean here?

Here, có means to have or to contain.

So the structure is:

• Mật mã = the code / password
• có = has
• dãy số = a string/sequence of numbers

A very common Vietnamese pattern is:

X có Y = X has Y

For example:

• Nhà có vườn. = The house has a garden.
• Bài này có lỗi. = This text has mistakes.

Be aware that có can also mean there is/there are in other sentences, so context matters.

What exactly does dãy số mean?