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Questions & Answers about Lan tham gia hội.
What does tham gia mean here? Is it one word or two?
Tham gia is a very common verb meaning to participate, to take part, or to join in.
It is written as two separate syllables, but it functions as one verb expression:
- tham gia = participate / join in
So in Lan tham gia hội, you should understand tham gia as a single unit of meaning, not as two separate English-style words that each need to be translated on their own.
Why is there no word for in? In English we say participate in.
Vietnamese often does not use a preposition where English does.
In English:
- Lan participates in the association/festival.
In Vietnamese:
- Lan tham gia hội.
The verb tham gia can take its object directly, so hội comes right after it.
A literal word-for-word structure is closer to:
- Lan + participate + association/festival
This is very normal in Vietnamese.
What does hội mean exactly?