được
manage to · OK · receive · get to · benefiting · so far
Typed without accents: duoc
Meanings
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manage to
verbcan, manage to
After the verb: nói được, can speak. Được after a verb says you can manage it.
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Can you eat spicy food?
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OK
adjectiveOK, all right, fine
Được đó! (in Hà Nội, Được đấy!) is 'Sounds good!'. Được không? asks 'is that OK?'.
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receive
verbto get, to receive
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get to
verbto 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'.
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Very nice to meet you.
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benefiting
verbBefore a verb, it says something welcome was done to someone, with the doer, if named, in between. For bad news the word is bị.
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so far
verbfor (up to now)
Before a length of time, often with rồi at the end: được hai tháng rồi, for two months now.
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Em học tiếng Việt được một năm rồi.
I've been learning Vietnamese for a year.
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