Questions & Answers about Tôi thấy bụi và rác trên sàn nhà.
What is the basic structure of this sentence?
The sentence follows a very common Vietnamese pattern:
Tôi + thấy + bụi và rác + trên sàn nhà
subject + verb + object + location
So literally, it is:
- Tôi = I
- thấy = see
- bụi và rác = dust and trash
- trên sàn nhà = on the floor
Vietnamese word order here is quite similar to English.
Why is thấy used here? Does it only mean see?
Thấy usually means to see, to notice, or to perceive.
In this sentence, Tôi thấy bụi và rác... means you visually notice dust and trash. Depending on context, it can feel like:
- I see dust and trash on the floor
- I notice dust and trash on the floor
So thấy is not always just the physical act of seeing. It can also mean becoming aware of something.
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