Lan cứu con mèo.

Lan rescues the cat.

Breakdown of Lan cứu con mèo.

• Lan: Lan
• con mèo: the cat
• cứu: to rescue; save

Questions & Answers about Lan cứu con mèo.

Is the word order the same as in English?

Yes. This sentence uses the very common Vietnamese order Subject + Verb + Object:

• Lan = the subject
• cứu = the verb
• con mèo = the object

So in that sense, it works much like English: Lan rescued/saves the cat.

What does con mean in con mèo?

Con is a classifier, and here it is used with an animal noun.

In Vietnamese, classifiers are very common when talking about individual nouns. For animals, con is the normal classifier, so con mèo is the natural way to say cat when referring to an actual animal.

So:

• mèo = cat / cats in a general sense
• con mèo = a cat / the cat / one cat, depending on context

English does not have this kind of classifier system, so this often feels unusual at first.

Why isn’t there a word for the or a?

Vietnamese usually does not use articles like English a/an and the.

That means con mèo can mean:

• a cat
• the cat

The exact meaning depends on context. If your lesson already gives the meaning as , that interpretation is coming from context, not from a separate word equivalent to English .