Tôi thu hoạch lá.

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Breakdown of Tôi thu hoạch lá.

• lá: the leaf
• thu hoạch: to harvest

Questions & Answers about Tôi thu hoạch lá.

Why is the word order Tôi thu hoạch lá and not something else?

Vietnamese usually follows Subject + Verb + Object, just like basic English word order.

• Tôi = subject (I)
• thu hoạch = verb (harvest)
• lá = object (leaves / leaf)

So the structure is very straightforward: Tôi + thu hoạch + lá
= I harvest leaves.

What does thu hoạch mean exactly?

Thu hoạch means to harvest or to gather a crop.

It is a very common Vietnamese verb, especially in farming or gardening contexts. It can also be used as a noun in some situations, meaning harvest as a thing or result, but in Tôi thu hoạch lá, it is clearly being used as a verb.

Why is thu hoạch two words if it is one verb?

Many Vietnamese verbs are made up of two words. This is normal. You should learn thu hoạch as a single vocabulary item meaning to harvest.

Even though it has two written parts, it functions here as one verb phrase:

• Tôi thu hoạch lá = I harvest leaves

So do not assume every space marks a completely separate grammatical unit in the way an English learner might expect.