Cỏ dại ở trong vườn.

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Breakdown of Cỏ dại ở trong vườn.

• trong: in (enclosed by something)
• vườn: the garden
• cỏ dại: the weed

Questions & Answers about Cỏ dại ở trong vườn.

What does each part of Cỏ dại ở trong vườn do in the sentence?

A simple breakdown is:

• cỏ dại = weed / weeds / wild grass
• ở = to be located at / in
• trong = inside / in
• vườn = garden

So the literal structure is:

• cỏ dại → the thing being talked about
• ở trong vườn → where it is

Very literally, it is something like:

• weeds are located inside the garden

Why is there no word for the or a?

Vietnamese usually does not use articles the way English does.

So cỏ dại can mean:

• weed
• a weed
• the weed
• weeds
• the weeds

Context tells you which one is meant.

If a speaker wants to be more specific, they can add other words, but in a basic sentence like this, Vietnamese often leaves that unstated.

Is cỏ dại singular or plural here?

By itself, cỏ dại does not clearly mark singular or plural.

It can refer to:

• weed in general