“They don't live here anymore.” in Vietnamese

When to use it

Use it when someone at the door asks for neighbours who have moved away.

The sentence in English (“They don't live here anymore.”)

In “They don't live here anymore.” the negative needs ‘do’ plus ‘not’ (don't), and ‘anymore’ says something used to be true.

They

pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"

n't

particleshort form of "not"

live

verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form

here

adverbadverb of place

anymore

adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped

The sentence in Vietnamese (“Họ không còn sống ở đây nữa.”)

In “Họ không còn sống ở đây nữa.” the idea of ‘no longer’ wraps around the verb: ‘không còn’ (no longer) before ‘sống’ (live) and ‘nữa’ (any more) at the end. The verb never changes.

Họ

pronounthird person plural 'they'

không

adverbnegation, before 'còn'

còn

adverb'still'; không còn = no longer

sống

verbsống · tense: unmarked · 'live'; tense comes from context

ở

prepositionpreposition 'at, in'

đây

pronoun'here', near the speaker

nữa

adverb'any more', pairs with không còn

What changes from one language to the other (English × Vietnamese)

English needs ‘do’ to negate; Vietnamese only ‘không’. English has one word, ‘anymore’; Vietnamese splits the idea into ‘không còn’ and ‘nữa’.

Example conversation