Word
Bạn đã nhận tin nhắn của tôi chưa?
Meaning
Have you received my message yet?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Bạn đã nhận tin nhắn của tôi chưa?
What does bạn mean here? Can I always use bạn to say you?
bạn literally means friend but functions as an informal you.
- Use bạn when talking to peers or people you know well.
- When you need to show respect (older or higher status), replace bạn with anh (older male), chị (older female) or em (younger person).
Why is đã used in this sentence, and what does it do? Can I leave it out?
Vietnamese doesn’t mark tense like English. Instead, đã is an aspect marker showing completion (perfective): “already.”
- With đã, you’re asking “Have you already received…?”
- Without đã (Bạn nhận tin nhắn của tôi chưa?), it still asks “Did you receive…?” but feels more neutral or casual, without the nuance of “already.”
Why is chưa at the end? How do I form a yes/no question?
To ask if something has happened yet, Vietnamese uses đã … chưa around the verb phrase.
Structure:
Subject + đã + Verb + Object + chưa?
Possible answers:
- Positive: Rồi (already) or Có
- verb phrase
- Negative: Chưa
- verb phrase
What does nhận tin nhắn của tôi literally mean? How is của tôi used?