Definition

1. Noun (Grammar):
   • Predicate: The main grammatical component of a simple sentence that states the action, state, or property of the subject. It provides information about what the subject is or does.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong câu "Tôi học bài", "học bài" là vị ngữ. (In the sentence "I study my lesson," "study my lesson" is the predicate.)
  • Vị ngữ thường đứng sau chủ ngữ. (The predicate usually comes after the subject.)
  • Tính từ cũng có thể làm vị ngữ, ví dụ: "Cô ấy rất thông minh". (An adjective can also function as the predicate, for example: "She is very intelligent.")

Advanced Usage

• Complex Predicate: A predicate can consist of a verb and its objects or complements, forming a verb phrase that functions as the core of the sentence.
  • Trong câu "Anh ấy đang đọc một cuốn sách hay", cụm "đang đọc một cuốn sách hay" là một vị ngữ phức. (In the sentence "He is reading an interesting book," the phrase "is reading an interesting book" is a complex predicate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chủ ngữ (n): Subject. The grammatical component that performs the action or is described by the predicate.
  • "Tôi" là chủ ngữ trong câu "Tôi học bài". ("I" is the subject in the sentence "I study my lesson.")
• Vị từ (n): Predicator. A term sometimes used synonymously with "vị ngữ," or more specifically to refer to the core verb within the predicate.

Synonyms

• Predicate: The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject.

Related Concepts

• Cấu trúc câu: Chủ ngữ - Vị ngữ: Sentence structure: Subject - Predicate. This is the fundamental syntactic structure of a Vietnamese declarative sentence.
  • Hầu hết câu tiếng Việt đều theo trật tự Chủ ngữ - Vị ngữ. (Most Vietnamese sentences follow the Subject-Predicate order.)

noun

1. predicative