When to use it
Use it when booking a holiday stay and you want a pool and internet.
The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.”)
In “I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” the preposition ‘with’ attaches the features, and ‘a’ appears twice.
- I'm
- contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"
- looking
- verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now
- for
- prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- hotel
- nounnoun
- with
- prepositionpreposition
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- pool
- nounnoun; a swimming pool
- and
- coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction
- wifi
- nounnoun
The sentence in Vietnamese (“Tôi đang tìm khách sạn có hồ bơi và wifi.”)
In “Tôi đang tìm khách sạn có hồ bơi và wifi.” the verb ‘có’ (has) links the hotel to its features. ‘hồ bơi’ (pool) is literally a lake for swimming, and ‘wifi’ is borrowed from English.
- Tôi
- pronoun'I', the one booking
- đang
- adverb'currently'
- tìm
- verbtìm · tense: ongoing (via đang) · still choosing a hotel
- khách
- nounfirst syllable of khách sạn
- sạn
- nounkhách sạn = hotel
- có
- verbcó · tense: unmarked · 'has'; stands in for 'with'
- hồ
- noun'lake, pool'
- bơi
- nounhồ bơi = pool
- và
- coordinating conjunction'and'
- wifi
- noun'wifi', from English
What changes from one language to the other (English × Vietnamese)
English uses the preposition ‘with’; Vietnamese the verb ‘có’, and no articles.
Example conversation
— Tôi đang tìm khách sạn có hồ bơi và wifi.
— I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.
— Hai khách sạn gần biển này có cả hai.
— These two by the beach have both.