Nước ép ở đây.

The fruit juice is here.

Breakdown of Nước ép ở đây.

• ở: at
• đây: here
• nước ép: the fruit juice

Questions & Answers about Nước ép ở đây.

What does each part of Nước ép ở đây mean?

• nước ép = juice
  • nước often means water or drink/liquid
  • ép means pressed/squeezed
  • together, nước ép means juice
• ở = at / in / located at
• đây = here

So the sentence is literally something like juice located here.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Vietnamese often does not use a separate verb like English to be in simple location sentences the way English does.

In Nước ép ở đây, the idea of is is understood naturally. Vietnamese commonly says:

• X ở đây = X is here
• Tôi ở nhà = I am at home

So Nước ép ở đây is a normal Vietnamese way to say The juice is here or Juice is here.

What exactly is ở doing here?