What it means
The pattern 'hằng + tuần / tháng / năm + nay' marks a duration of time stretching from many units ago up to the present moment — the rough equivalent of English 'for the past week / month / year'. Note the trio: 'hằng' (for the duration of), the time unit (tuần, tháng, năm), and 'nay' (up to now). Together they package a stretch of time that has been ongoing and is still continuing or just ended. 'Trời mưa hằng tuần nay' (It's been raining for the past week). The structure compresses what English needs prepositions and perfect tense for into a tidy adverbial phrase. Closely related to 'hằng ngày nay' (for the past few days) and 'cả tuần / tháng / năm nay' (this whole week / month / year up to now), which are often interchangeable in casual speech.
Kết cấu này dùng để biểu thị 1 khoảng thời gian tương đối dài, từ nhiều ngày trước cho đến thời điểm hiện tại
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