Questions & Answers about Chúng tôi chơi một trò.
Chúng tôi is a pronoun meaning we, but it is exclusive: it usually means we, not including the person being spoken to.
So if I say Chúng tôi chơi một trò, I mean my group and I are doing it, but you are probably not part of that group.
This is an important distinction in Vietnamese, because English we does not show this difference.
Both can mean we, but they are used differently:
- chúng tôi = we, excluding the listener
- chúng ta = we, including the listener
So if the speaker wants to include the person they are talking to, they would normally say chúng ta, not chúng tôi.
That means this sentence suggests the speaker is talking about a group that does not include the listener.
Chơi is the verb to play.
It is a very common Vietnamese verb and can be used for:
- playing games
- playing sports
- playing with people or things
- sometimes even leisure or hanging out, depending on context
In this sentence, chơi is the main verb of the sentence.
The basic structure is:
chúng tôi + chơi + một trò
subject + verb + object
So Vietnamese word order here is very similar to English.