Có rác ở đây.

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Breakdown of Có rác ở đây.

• có: there is/are
• đây: here
• rác: the trash

Questions & Answers about Có rác ở đây.

What does có mean in this sentence?

Here, có means there is / there are or to exist.

In Có rác ở đây, it is not the English verb to have. Instead, it introduces the existence of something:

• Có rác = There is trash
• Có người = There is someone / there are people
• Có xe = There is a vehicle / there are vehicles

So this sentence is built like:

• có = there is/are
• rác = trash
• ở đây = here

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Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Vietnamese often does not use a separate verb like English is in the same way.

In this sentence, có already does the job of expressing existence, so you do not need another word for is.

Compare:

• English: There is trash here.
• Vietnamese: Có rác ở đây.

A direct word-for-word match is not always possible. Vietnamese expresses the idea more compactly.

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What exactly does rác mean?

Rác means trash, garbage, or litter, depending on context.

It is a general noun for unwanted waste. For example: