Thịt ở trong tủ lạnh.

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Breakdown of Thịt ở trong tủ lạnh.

• trong: in (enclosed by something)
• tủ lạnh: the refrigerator
• thịt: the meat

Questions & Answers about Thịt ở trong tủ lạnh.

What does each word in Thịt ở trong tủ lạnh mean?

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• thịt = meat
• ở = to be/stay/be located
• trong = inside, in
• tủ lạnh = refrigerator, fridge

So the structure is basically:

• Thịt = the meat / meat
• ở trong tủ lạnh = is in the fridge

Together: The meat is in the fridge.

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Why is there no separate word for is?

In this sentence, ở does the job that English is plus a location often does.

Vietnamese usually does not use a direct equivalent of English to be in every sentence. For location, Vietnamese commonly uses ở.

So:

• Thịt ở trong tủ lạnh = The meat is in the fridge

Here ở means something like:

• is located
• is at
• is in

So although English needs is, Vietnamese uses ở instead.

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What is the difference between ở and trong here?