Nhân viên cân bưu kiện.

the employee

Breakdown of Nhân viên cân bưu kiện.

• bưu kiện: the parcel
• cân: to weigh

Questions & Answers about Nhân viên cân bưu kiện.

How is this sentence put together grammatically?

It follows the very common Vietnamese pattern:

subject + verb + object

So here you have:

• nhân viên = the employee / staff member
• cân = weigh
• bưu kiện = parcel / package

So the structure is:

Nhân viên → the person doing the action
cân → the action
bưu kiện → the thing being weighed

In that sense, the word order is pleasantly similar to English: The employee weighs the parcel.

Why is there no word for the or a?

Vietnamese often leaves articles unspoken unless they are needed for clarity.

So Nhân viên cân bưu kiện can mean things like:

• The employee weighs the parcel
• An employee weighs a parcel
• Employees weigh parcels

Which one is intended depends on context.

If you want to be more specific, Vietnamese can add words for that, for example:

• một nhân viên = an employee
• nhân viên đó = that employee
• bưu kiện này = this parcel

But in a short standalone sentence, leaving those out is completely normal.

Is nhân viên singular or plural here?