Gọi món rồi ăn thử, thêm đá vào nước ép.

Order food, try it, then add ice to the fruit juice.

Breakdown of Gọi món rồi ăn thử, thêm đá vào nước ép.

• vào: into
• rồi: and then
• nước ép: the fruit juice
• gọi món: to order food

Questions & Answers about Gọi món rồi ăn thử, thêm đá vào nước ép.

What does gọi món mean?

Gọi món means to order food / order a dish.

• gọi = to call, to ask for, to order
• món = dish, food item

Together, gọi món is a very common restaurant expression. It is more natural than translating word by word as call a dish.

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What does rồi mean in this sentence?

Here, rồi means something like then, after that, or once that is done.

So:

• Gọi món rồi ăn thử = Order the dish, then try it

In this sentence, rồi is not mainly a past-tense marker. It is linking two actions in sequence.

A useful pattern is:

• X rồi Y = do X, then do Y

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Why is there no subject like you in the sentence?

Vietnamese often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context.

This sentence sounds like an instruction or a set of directions, so the subject is understood as something like:

• bạn = you
• or an implied you

So the full idea is something like:

• (Bạn) gọi món rồi ăn thử, thêm đá vào nước ép.

English usually needs a subject, but Vietnamese often does not.

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What does ăn thử mean exactly?