Questions & Answers about Lan vui hơn An.
Why isn’t there a verb like “is” in Lan vui hơn An?
Vietnamese doesn’t use a separate copula for “to be.” Adjectives act like verbs when they describe a state. So vui (“happy”) directly serves as the predicate without adding any extra word for “is.”
What does hơn mean and how is it used here?
hơn means “more” in comparisons. You place an adjective before hơn and then the thing you’re comparing it to. So vui hơn An literally means “(being) happy more than An.”
What is the typical word order for making a comparative sentence in Vietnamese?
The pattern is:
Subject + Adjective + hơn + Object-of-comparison
Here: Lan (subject) + vui (adjective) + hơn + An (object of comparison).
How would you say “Lan is less happy than An” in Vietnamese?
You replace hơn with kém … hơn, which means “to lack in comparison.” So:
Lan kém vui hơn An.
Literally: “Lan is less happy than An.”
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