Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng động vật.

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• động vật = animal(s)
• hoang dã = wild, untamed
• ở = to be located at/in; at
• trong = inside
• chuồng = cage, pen, enclosure
• động vật = animal(s)

So the structure is roughly:

• Động vật hoang dã = wild animals
• ở trong = are in / are inside
• chuồng động vật = animal cage/enclosure

One thing to note: the final phrase chuồng động vật is understandable, but it sounds a bit awkward or overly literal in Vietnamese. Native speakers would often say something simpler, such as chuồng thú or just chuồng, depending on context.

Because in Vietnamese, descriptive words usually come after the noun.

So:

• động vật hoang dã = wild animals
  literally: animals wild

This is very normal Vietnamese word order. English usually puts adjectives before the noun, but Vietnamese usually puts them after.

More examples:

• nhà lớn = big house
• mèo đen = black cat
• rừng hoang dã = wild forest / untamed forest

So động vật hoang dã is exactly the expected order in Vietnamese.

Yes—here ở is functioning like a location verb, meaning to be at / to be in / to stay in.

In English, we say:

• Wild animals are in the cage.

In Vietnamese, you often do not need a separate verb like are. Instead, ở can carry the idea of location:

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.

So ở is helping express where something is.

Be careful, though: ở can also mean to live in other contexts:

• Tôi ở Hà Nội. = I live in Hanoi. / I am in Hanoi.

The exact meaning depends on context.

A little bit, yes—but it is still normal.

• ở marks location
• trong specifically means inside

So ở trong gives a slightly fuller sense of to be inside.

You could also say:

• Động vật hoang dã ở chuồng...
  This is less natural here.
• Động vật hoang dã trong chuồng...
  This can sound incomplete unless used as a noun phrase, like wild animals in the cage
• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.
  This is a clear full sentence.
• Động vật hoang dã trong chuồng.
  This could work in headlines, labels, or short descriptive style.

So ở trong is not strange; it just makes the location more explicit.

It is understandable, but it is not the most natural way to say it in everyday Vietnamese.

Why?

Because chuồng already implies a place where animals are kept. Adding động vật after it can sound a bit repetitive or translated too directly from English.

More natural options might be:

• chuồng thú = animal cage / beast enclosure
• chuồng = cage / pen / enclosure
• khu nuôi thú = animal enclosure area
• chuồng thú hoang dã = enclosure for wild animals

So if you want a more natural sentence, you could say:

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.
• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng thú.

Also, động vật sounds a bit formal or scientific. In everyday speech, thú may sound more natural in zoo-type contexts.

It is repeated because the sentence has:

• động vật hoang dã = wild animals
• chuồng động vật = animal cage/enclosure

So grammatically, the repetition is possible. But stylistically, it can sound heavy or repetitive.

That is another reason many native speakers would prefer:

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.
• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng thú.

Repeating the same noun is not always wrong in Vietnamese, but if a shorter version is clear, it is often preferred.

Because Vietnamese does not work like English in that way.

Vietnamese nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural, and there are no direct equivalents of a/an/the used in the same mandatory way as English.

So:

• động vật can mean animal or animals
• chuồng can mean a cage, the cage, or cages, depending on context

Context tells you what is meant.

If the speaker wants to make plurality clearer, they can add words like:

• các = plural/general set
• những = some/several

For example:

• Các động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng. = The wild animals are in the cage. / Wild animals are in the cage.
• Những động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng. = Some wild animals are in the cage.

But these are not always necessary.

Not necessarily.

Classifiers in Vietnamese are common, but they are not required in every sentence.

In this sentence, the nouns are being used in a general way:

• động vật hoang dã = wild animals
• chuồng = cage/enclosure

So no classifier is needed.

You might see classifiers if the speaker wants to refer to a specific item or count something:

• một con thú hoang dã = one wild animal
• cái chuồng = the cage / a cage

But with more formal words like động vật, Vietnamese often skips classifiers unless the sentence really calls for them. In casual speech, people are also more likely to say:

• những con thú hoang dã

rather than

• những động vật hoang dã

So classifier use depends a lot on style and context.

Yes, it is a very common and correct phrase, especially in formal or neutral Vietnamese.

• động vật hoang dã = wild animals / wildlife

This phrase is often used in:

• news
• education
• documentaries
• environmental topics

A more everyday alternative can be:

• thú hoang dã

But thú is less broad than động vật in some contexts and can sound less scientific. So động vật hoang dã is a very solid choice.

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• đ in động is not the same as English d exactly, but it is closer to a firm d sound.
• d in dã is different from đ:
  • in Northern Vietnamese, d sounds like z
  • in Southern Vietnamese, d often sounds like y

So:

• động starts with đ
• dã starts with d

That difference matters.

Some tone notes:

• động = heavy tone
• vật = heavy tone
• dã = broken/rising creaky tone
• ở = hỏi tone
• chuồng = falling tone

If you are practicing, break it into chunks:

• động vật hoang dã
• ở trong
• chuồng động vật

That makes it much easier to say smoothly.

A native speaker might simplify it, depending on context:

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.
• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng thú.
• Thú hoang dã ở trong chuồng.

If the setting is clearly a zoo, people might even choose something more specific, like:

• Những con thú hoang dã ở trong chuồng.

So your original sentence is understandable, but a more natural version is often:

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng.

or

• Động vật hoang dã ở trong chuồng thú.