Chúng ta phải hủy buổi dã ngoại.

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Breakdown of Chúng ta phải hủy buổi dã ngoại.

• phải: have to
• buổi dã ngoại: the picnic or outing
• hủy: to cancel

Questions & Answers about Chúng ta phải hủy buổi dã ngoại.

Why does the sentence use chúng ta instead of chúng tôi?

Chúng ta means we including the person you are speaking to.
Chúng tôi means we excluding the person you are speaking to.

So in Chúng ta phải hủy buổi dã ngoại, the speaker is including the listener: we all have to cancel the picnic.

Compare:

• Chúng ta phải đi ngay. = We have to go now. (including you)
• Chúng tôi phải đi ngay. = We have to go now. (not including you)

This is a very important distinction in Vietnamese and often surprises English speakers, since English we does not make this difference.

What does phải mean here?

Here, phải means must, have to, or need to.

So:

• phải hủy = must cancel / have to cancel

It expresses obligation or necessity.

Examples:

• Tôi phải làm việc. = I have to work.
• Bạn phải cẩn thận. = You must be careful.

In this sentence, phải shows that canceling the picnic is necessary, not optional.

Is hủy the normal word for cancel?