Breakdown of Y tá tiêm cho bệnh nhân.
cho
for
bệnh nhân
the patient
y tá
the nurse
tiêm
to inject or vaccinate
Questions & Answers about Y tá tiêm cho bệnh nhân.
Why is the word order Y tá tiêm cho bệnh nhân and not something closer to English like Y tá cho bệnh nhân tiêm?
Vietnamese usually follows Subject + Verb + Object/Complement order.
So here:
- Y tá = the nurse
- tiêm = inject / give an injection
- cho bệnh nhân = to the patient / for the patient
That makes the structure:
- Subject: Y tá
- Verb: tiêm
- Recipient: cho bệnh nhân
If you say Y tá cho bệnh nhân tiêm, that can sound like The nurse lets the patient inject or has the patient get an injection, depending on context. In other words, cho before another noun + verb often creates a different structure.
So Y tá tiêm cho bệnh nhân is the natural way to say that the nurse is the one performing the injection on the patient.
What exactly does cho mean here?
In this sentence, cho marks the recipient/beneficiary of the action.
So tiêm cho bệnh nhân means:
- inject for the patient
- more naturally in English: give the patient an injection / inject the patient
A useful way to think about it is:
- Verb + cho + person = do the action to/for that person
Examples:
- Mẹ nấu cho con ăn. = Mother cooks for the child.
- Bác sĩ kê thuốc cho tôi. = The doctor prescribes medicine for me.
Here, cho bệnh nhân tells you who receives the injection.