English → Vietnamese

Translation and grammar: “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” in Vietnamese

English

I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.

Vietnamese

Tôi đang tìm một hiệu thuốc mở cửa vào Chủ nhật.

⇄ Tiếng Việt → Tiếng Anh

When to use it

Use it on a Sunday when you need medicine and your usual pharmacy is closed.

The sentence in English — “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”

In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” ‘I'm looking’ (I am + -ing) shows an ongoing search, and ‘open on Sunday’ follows the noun.

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
pharmacy
nounnoun
open
adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
on
prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
Sunday
proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter

The sentence in Vietnamese — “Tôi đang tìm một hiệu thuốc mở cửa vào Chủ nhật.”

In “Tôi đang tìm một hiệu thuốc mở cửa vào Chủ nhật.” ‘đang’ before ‘tìm’ (look for) marks the action as ongoing. ‘mở cửa vào Chủ nhật’ (that opens on Sunday) follows ‘hiệu thuốc’ (pharmacy).

Tôi
pronoun'I', the one needing medicine
đang
adverbmarks an action in progress
tìm
verbtìm · tense: ongoing (via đang) · 'look for'; đang tìm = am looking for
một
numeral'a', any one
hiệu
noun'shop'
thuốc
nounhiệu thuốc = pharmacy
mở
verbmở cửa · tense: unmarked · describes the pharmacy: one that opens
cửa
nounpart of mở cửa
vào
preposition'on', before a day
Chủ
proper nounpart of Chủ nhật
nhật
proper nounChủ nhật = Sunday

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

English uses ‘am’ plus ‘-ing’; Vietnamese only adds ‘đang’. ‘open’ is an adjective, ‘mở cửa’ a verb.

Example conversation

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