“How do I cancel a reservation?” in Vietnamese: “Tôi hủy đặt chỗ bằng cách nào?”

When to use it

Use it when plans change and you must cancel a hotel or restaurant booking.

“How do I cancel a reservation?” — The sentence in English

In “How do I cancel a reservation?” ‘How’ comes first and the question needs ‘do’.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

cancel

verbcancel · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do I"

a

determinerindefinite article

reservation

nounnoun; in British English also "booking"

“Tôi hủy đặt chỗ bằng cách nào?” — The sentence in Vietnamese

In “Tôi hủy đặt chỗ bằng cách nào?” the sentence starts like a statement, ‘tôi hủy đặt chỗ’ (I cancel the booking), and ‘bằng cách nào’ (by what way, how) closes it. ‘đặt chỗ’ is a verb phrase used as a noun.

Tôi

pronoun'I', the one who booked

hủy

verbhủy · tense: unmarked · 'cancel'

đặt

verbđặt · tense: unmarked · 'book'; đặt chỗ works as the noun 'reservation'

chỗ

noun'place, seat'

bằng

preposition'by, by means of'

cách

noun'way, method'

nào

determiner'which'; bằng cách nào = how

English × Vietnamese: What changes from one language to the other

English fronts ‘How’ and adds ‘do’; Vietnamese puts ‘bằng cách nào’ last and uses the phrase ‘đặt chỗ’ instead of a separate noun.

Example conversation