được

manage to · OK · receive · get to · benefiting · so far

A1 · estimate

Typed without accents: duoc

Meanings

  1. manage to

    verb

    can, manage to

    After the verb: nói được, can speak. Được after a verb says you can manage it.

    A1Grammar: Can, manage to: được after the verb

  2. OK

    adjective

    OK, all right, fine

    Được đó! (in Hà Nội, Được đấy!) is 'Sounds good!'. Được không? asks 'is that OK?'.

    A1Grammar: OK, fine: được as 'good enough'

  3. receive

    verb

    to get, to receive

    A2

  4. get to

    verb

    to get to, to be allowed to

    Before the verb it's about permission or luck; after it, about ability. Em được đi is 'I'm allowed to go', Em đi được 'I can go'.

    A1Grammar: Be allowed to, get to: được + verb

  5. benefiting

    verb

    Before a verb, it says something welcome was done to someone, with the doer, if named, in between. For bad news the word is bị.

    A2Grammar: Passive for good things: được + (doer) + verb

  6. so far

    verb

    for (up to now)

    Before a length of time, often with rồi at the end: được hai tháng rồi, for two months now.

    A1

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