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Galician[edit]

Contraction[edit]

(feminine cóa, masculine plural cós, feminine plural cóas)

  1. Contraction of ca o: than the.
    O rei é moito máis vello presidente.
    The king is much older than the president.

Spanish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

  1. (colloquial, Caribbean) Alternative form of cómo

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cum.

Conjunction[edit]

  1. when

Preposition[edit]

  1. with

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Vietic *kɔːʔ (to have). Cognate with Muong cỏ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. to have
    Tao hai con xe.
    I have two motorbikes. / I have two cars.
    Tôi chồng rồi.
    I've already had a husband. / I'm a married woman. / I'm married.
    Cậu bút chì không? Cho tớ mượn.
    Do you have a pencil? May I borrow it?
  2. there be
    Nhà tôi hai con.
    There are two kids in my family.
    hai người trong phòng.
    There are two people in that room.
    việc gì không ?
    Is there a problem? / Is there anything I can help you with? / What is it? / Do you have some business here?

Usage notes[edit]

  • When functioning as a full verb, indicates possession in its broadest sense. can also indicate existence, which is equivalent to "there is" or "there are". In many expressions, is simply equivalent to "to have": kinh nghiệm ("to have experience"), có hai con ("to have two children"), bạn gái / bạn trai ("to have a girlfriend / boyfriend"), etc. is also used to form idiomatic expressions; most idiomatic expressions of the " + noun" type are equivalent to English "to be + adjective": hiếu ("to be filial"), tuổi ("to be old"), etc. A number of words that contain are perceived by native speakers as whole words. has been somewhat bleached of its original meaning in such words as có khi (maybe, probably), có mặt (to be present), có thể (can, to be able), etc.

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Prefix[edit]

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  1. (before verbs, for emphasis or intensification) do; does
    Mày không biết phải không?
    Tao biết!
    You don't know, do you?
    I do know, okay?
    Em bị mất vở! Em làm bài thầy ơi!
    I lost my workbook! I swear I did the assignment!
  2. (before verbs, in questions (generally ending in không), not before itself) do
    Bạn biết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    Có, và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes, and that's utter nonsense.
    Anh định đi chơi đâu không?
    Are you going out?

Usage notes[edit]

  • Yes-no questions formed by a không construction regularly permit the use of the repetition of as an affirmative answer form.
    A: Mấy đứa bạn anh () hay đi phượt hông?
    B: .
    A: Do your friends often go on road trips on motorbikes?
    B: Yes.

Interjection[edit]

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. yes; yes, I do
    Bạn có biết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    , và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes, and that's utter nonsense.
    Các bạn có muốn được nghỉ sớm không?
    !
    Do you want to go home early?
    Heck yeah!
  2. (in response to a roll call) here; I'm here; present

Adverb[edit]

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. (colloquial) only
    Synonym: chỉ
    Mua hai cuốn sách thôi mà có gì ghê?
    Buying just two books, what's so great?
    Chạy xíu mà than với chả thở.
    Run just a little bit but already nagging.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Unlike chỉ, in the sense of "only" is placed after the verb.

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