Questions & Answers about Lưng của tôi đau sau khi chạy.
Why is the word order different from English in Lưng của tôi đau sau khi chạy?
Vietnamese often builds this idea as:
[body part] + [owner] + [state] + [time clause]
So:
- Lưng = back
- của tôi = of me / my
- đau = hurts / painful
- sau khi chạy = after running
A very literal breakdown is:
Back of mine hurts after running.
That sounds odd in English, but it is normal Vietnamese structure.
What does lưng mean exactly?
Lưng means back, especially the back area of the body. In everyday use, it can often suggest the back in general, and depending on context it may sometimes feel closer to the back or the lower back.
If someone wants to be more specific, Vietnamese can use other expressions, but lưng is the normal basic word for back.
Why is của tôi used? Doesn't tôi already mean I / me?
Yes, tôi means I / me, but của tôi is the possessive phrase meaning my / mine.
So:
- tôi = I / me
- của tôi = my / mine
In this sentence, lưng của tôi means my back.
The word của is a common possession marker, similar to of in very literal English.