Questions & Answers about Hiệu thuốc ở góc đường đó; bạn rẽ trái là thấy hiệu thuốc.
Hiệu thuốc means pharmacy or drugstore.
Literally:
- hiệu = shop/establishment
- thuốc = medicine
So the literal sense is something like medicine shop. In modern Vietnamese, you should usually understand hiệu thuốc as a set phrase, not translate each word separately every time.
You may also hear:
- nhà thuốc = pharmacy
- tiệm thuốc = drugstore/pharmacy
These are similar in meaning, though usage can vary by region and style.
Vietnamese often does not use a separate verb meaning to be in location sentences the way English does.
So:
- Hiệu thuốc ở góc đường đó = The pharmacy is at that street corner
Here, ở already gives the idea of being located somewhere. So Vietnamese does not need an extra word equivalent to English is.
Ở here means at / in / on, depending on context. It marks location.
In this sentence:
- ở góc đường đó =