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It like "the" in English, stay in front of N. \
Sự + N
Ex:
Sự thật/Thật sự= the truth
Sự giàu có = the rich
Sự nghèo khổ= the poor
Beside that, "Sự" won't give out any meaning . It's meaning will depend on the word come with Sự
If your mom use :
Tâm sự = (Small talk)mean her own ideas, her problems or her feeling (sad/confuse/worry.. feeling) and hard to share with any body.
Ex: "Tôi có nhiều tâm sự dấu trong lòng"= I don't want any body know what I am thinking
OR " Tôi cần người để tâm sự/ Anh ấy tâm sự với tôi" = I am looking for some one who will listen and care for my feeling or giving me an advise/ He tell me what he think
Thời sự = The news
thời sự đã đưa tin về những người sống sót sau cơn bão = The news wrote about the survises who are alive after the storm
Sinh sự : Try to make a fight
Anh ta kiếm chuyện sinh sự với những người bạn hàng xóm- He try to make a fight with his neibourghfriends
Cộng sự = Coordinator
Vô tích sự = Useless person
Lý sự = try using logical idea to win an argument ( about bad though for person who is been mention)
Xử sự = behave
E.x: con cần xử sự cho phải phép - you should behave nicely.
Hope it will help
P.s: if you could type down what did your mother use with "sự " in sentences or phrase, it will be help for me to make it clearer for you about meaning and when you can use it.
When do I use ''sự'' ?
Những gì nào nó ''sự'' là gì?
Và khi nào Tôi dụng các từ?
Tôi luôn luôn nghe mẹ và bạn của mẹ nói từ này..
Cảm ơn bạn nếu bạn có thể giúp tôi ^_^
(I will always write in English since I know my Vietnamese is poor :'/ )
What does ''sự''' mean?
I always hear my mom and her friends say it
And when do I use it?
Thank you if you're able to help me ^_^
Actually, "sự" has nothing to do with "the". "Rich" (giàu) and "poor" (nghèo) are not nouns but adjectives in English. "The rich" and "the poor" mean "people who are rich/poor" while "sự giàu có" and "sự nghèo nàn" mean "richness" and "poorness", respectively. So, as you can see, "sự" is a nominalizer while "the" is an article, adding "sự" before a part of speech will form a noun. The most popular nominalizers in Vietnamese are "sự" and "việc" (their usages are a little different), and we have the word "sự việc" too. In other cases (quân sự, hậu sự,...), "sự" is an unseperated part of the word (not semantically though) so you just have to learn those words.
When do I use ''sự'' ?
Những gì nào nó Từ ''sự'' có nghĩa là gì?
Và khi nào tôi dùng các từ này?
Tôi luôn luôn nghe mẹ và bạn của mẹ nói từ này..
Cảm ơn bạn nếu bạn có thể giúp tôi ^_^
(I will always write in English since I know my Vietnamese is poor :'/ )
What does ''sự''' mean?
I always hear my mom and her friends say it
And when do I use it?
Thank you if you're able to help me ^_^
Dear Jenny
Thanks for your question. It is really interesting.
The word "sự" does not have meaning when it stands alone. But it is an important word because it makes an adjective become a noun when it stands in front of an adjective
Ex:
Sạch sẽ, trong sạch: clean ==> Sự sạch sẽ, sự trong sạch: cleaness
Giàu có: rich ===> Sự giàu có: richness
Nghèo nàn: poor ===> Sự ngèo nàn: poverty
Thông minh: clever ===> Sự thông minh: cleverness
So, now you may already know how to use the word "sự". Right?
I will give you an example.
Jenny là một cô gái thông minh. Cha mẹ rất vui vì sự thông minh của cô ấy
Jenny is a clever girl. Parents are very happy for her cleverness
Good luck!
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