Word
Lan sẽ tới.
Meaning
Lan will arrive.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Lan sẽ tới.
What does each word in Lan sẽ tới do?
- Lan = a person's name
- sẽ = a marker for future time, similar to will
- tới = come or arrive
So the pattern is:
subject + future marker + verb
Why is sẽ in the middle of the sentence?
In Vietnamese, sẽ usually comes before the main verb.
So in Lan sẽ tới:
- Lan is the subject
- sẽ marks the action as future
- tới is the action
This is normal Vietnamese word order.
Is sẽ exactly the same as English will?
Not perfectly, but it is often the closest translation.
sẽ marks that something is in the future. Depending on context, it can sound like:
- will
- shall
- sometimes part of the idea of going to
Unlike English, Vietnamese does not change the verb itself. The future meaning is shown by adding a word like sẽ.
Do you always need to talk about the future?