nào
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Definition
Interrogative pronoun:
- Which: Used to ask about a specific item or choice from a known set or group.
- What: Used in questions to inquire about an unspecified item, time, or detail.
Indefinite pronoun:
- Any: Used in negative sentences or questions to mean "not a single one" or "whichever one."
- Every/Each: Used with "cũng" to mean "every" or "each" in a group, indicating no exception.
Adverb:
- Not (at all): Used before a verb, often with "có," to form a rhetorical negative, meaning "not" or "not at all" for emphasis.
Particle:
- Used for listing: Repeated before each item in a list for emphasis, similar to "and" or "what with."
- Used for exhortation: At the end of a suggestion or command to add a sense of encouragement or urgency, like "let's" or "come on."
Usage Examples
Interrogative pronoun (Which/What):
- Anh thích chiếc áo nào? (Which shirt do you like?)
- Chúng ta gặp nhau vào ngày nào? (What day should we meet?)
Indefinite pronoun (Any/Every):
- Tôi không có ý kiến nào. (I don't have any opinion.)
- Quyển sách nào cũng hay. (Every book is good.)
Adverb (Not at all):
- Tôi nào có biết chuyện đó! (I did not know that at all!)
Particle (Listing/Exhortation):
- Trong phòng có nào bàn, nào ghế, nào sách vở. (In the room, there are tables, chairs, and books.)
- Chúng ta đi thôi nào! (Let's go!)
Advanced Usage
"nào đó": A certain/some (unspecified).
- Vào một ngày nào đó. (On a certain day.)
"nào... nấy": Each... its own / respective.
- Người nào việc nấy. (Each person attends to their own task.)
Variants and Related Words
Bất kỳ... nào (phrase): Any... whatsoever.
- Bất kỳ lựa chọn nào cũng được. (Any choice is fine.)
Nào ai (phrase): Who ever (rhetorical).
- Nào ai biết được? (Who could ever know?)
Synonyms
- Which: (what), (where - in some contexts).
- Any: (whichever), (not any - in negatives).
- Every: , .
- Not: , .
Related Idioms
Nào ngờ: Little did one know; unexpectedly.
- Nào ngờ cô ấy đã đi rồi. (Little did I know she had already left.)
Nào có... đâu: A strong negative pattern meaning "not at all."
- Việc đó nào có khó đâu. (That is not difficult at all.)
- which
- anh đã lựa cái nàoWhich have you chosen. what, whatever
- tôi không có một quyển sách nào cảI have no book whatever
- Any
- tôi không có một đồng xu nào cảI have not anymoney