Tình nguyện viên khử trùng dụng cụ vệ sinh.

the volunteer

Breakdown of Tình nguyện viên khử trùng dụng cụ vệ sinh.

• dụng cụ vệ sinh: the cleaning tools
• khử trùng: to disinfect

Questions & Answers about Tình nguyện viên khử trùng dụng cụ vệ sinh.

What is the basic sentence structure here?

It follows the very common Vietnamese pattern:

• Subject + Verb + Object

So in this sentence:

• Tình nguyện viên = subject
• khử trùng = verb
• dụng cụ vệ sinh = object

A natural breakdown is:

• Tình nguyện viên = volunteer(s)
• khử trùng = disinfect
• dụng cụ vệ sinh = cleaning/sanitation equipment or hygiene tools

So the sentence is structured very similarly to English: Volunteers disinfect sanitation equipment / The volunteer disinfects the cleaning tools.

Is tình nguyện viên one word or several words?

It is written as three separate written units, but it functions together as one noun phrase meaning volunteer.

Breakdown:

• tình nguyện = voluntary, volunteer work
• viên = person/member/agent suffix in many compounds

Together, tình nguyện viên means volunteer.

This is very common in Vietnamese: something written as multiple syllable-blocks can still act as a single lexical item.

What does khử trùng mean exactly?