Dừng ở đây.

Stop here.

Breakdown of Dừng ở đây.

• ở: at
• đây: here
• dừng: to stop

Questions & Answers about Dừng ở đây.

Is Dừng ở đây. a complete sentence even though it has no subject like you?

Yes. In Vietnamese, subjects are often omitted when they are obvious from context, especially in commands.

So Dừng ở đây. is a perfectly normal complete sentence meaning something like:

• Stop here.
• Stop at this point.

The hidden subject is usually understood as you.

What does dừng mean here?

Dừng is the main verb. It means to stop or to come to a stop.

In this sentence, it is being used as an imperative verb, so it functions like a command:

• Dừng ở đây. = Stop here.

Depending on context, dừng can refer to:

• physically stopping movement
• stopping an activity
• stopping at a certain point

What does ở đây mean, and why is it after the verb?

Ở đây means here or more literally at here / in this place.

It is made of:

• ở = at, in
• đây = here, this place

Vietnamese commonly puts the location after the verb, so:

• dừng ở đây = stop here

That word order is normal in Vietnamese.