Questions & Answers about Ảnh chân dung này khá rõ.
Why is there no word for is in Ảnh chân dung này khá rõ?
Vietnamese often leaves out the verb to be when describing something with an adjective.
So:
- Ảnh chân dung này khá rõ
- literally: This portrait photo quite clear
- natural English: This portrait photo is quite clear
This is very normal in Vietnamese. Adjectives can act like the predicate by themselves.
A similar pattern:
- Phòng này rộng. = This room is spacious.
- Cô ấy đẹp. = She is beautiful.
You only use là in other situations, such as identifying or equating things, not usually before descriptive adjectives.
What does ảnh mean here? Is it the same as photo or picture?
Ảnh usually means photo/photograph, though in casual speech it can sometimes overlap with picture depending on context.
In this sentence, ảnh clearly means photo.
Common related words:
- ảnh = photo
- bức ảnh / tấm ảnh = a photo, a photograph
- hình = picture/image; in some regions it is also commonly used for photo
So:
- Ảnh chân dung này khá rõ = This portrait photo is quite clear
- Bức ảnh chân dung này khá rõ would also be natural and a bit more explicit.
What does chân dung mean, and how does it work in the sentence?