Chờ mình với.

wait for me

Questions & Answers about Chờ mình với.

What does each word in Chờ mình với mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• chờ = to wait
• mình = me / I in a familiar, friendly way
• với = literally with, but here it works like a softening particle that makes the request sound more natural, like wait for me, okay? / wait up for me

So the whole sentence means something like:

• Wait for me.
• Wait up for me.

It is a very natural spoken Vietnamese sentence.

Why is there no subject in this sentence?

Vietnamese often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context.

In Chờ mình với, the listener understands that the hidden subject is you:

• (Bạn) chờ mình với. = (You) wait for me.

Just like in English commands, you usually do not say the subject:

• Wait for me. not usually
• You wait for me.

So this sentence is normal and natural.

What does mình mean here?