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Questions & Answers about Họ phá kế hoạch.
What does họ mean here?
Họ usually means they or them, depending on position in the sentence. In Họ phá kế hoạch, it is the subject, so it means they.
Vietnamese pronouns do not work exactly like English ones. Họ is a fairly neutral written/spoken way to say they, especially for a group of people.
Why is the word order Họ phá kế hoạch?
Vietnamese usually follows Subject + Verb + Object, just like English.
So here:
- Họ = subject
- phá = verb
- kế hoạch = object
That is why Họ phá kế hoạch lines up neatly with They ruin the plan or They destroy the plan.
What exactly does phá mean in this sentence?
Phá often means to break, to destroy, to ruin, or to spoil, depending on context.
With kế hoạch meaning plan, phá kế hoạch usually means something like:
- ruin the plan
- wreck the plan
- sabotage the plan
- spoil the plan
So the idea is not necessarily physically destroying something. It can also mean causing a plan to fail.
Why is there no word for the before kế hoạch?