Bài thứ hai ở đây.

The second article is here.

Breakdown of Bài thứ hai ở đây.

• ở: at
• bài: the article
• đây: here
• thứ hai: second (ordinal)

Questions & Answers about Bài thứ hai ở đây.

What does bài mean in this sentence?

Bài is a very common Vietnamese noun with several related meanings, depending on context. It can mean:

• lesson
• exercise
• article
• piece/item of content
• sometimes even song or poem in other contexts

So in Bài thứ hai ở đây, bài is probably something like lesson or exercise, depending on what the learner is looking at.

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Why is it thứ hai instead of just hai?

In Vietnamese, hai means two, while thứ hai means second.

So:

• bài hai = lesson two / lesson number two
• bài thứ hai = the second lesson

In practice, both can appear, but they are not exactly the same in nuance:

• hai is more like a number label
• thứ hai is an ordinal, like second

English often uses both patterns too:

• Lesson 2
• the second lesson

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How does Vietnamese form ordinal numbers like second?