What it means
The word 'mà' acts like a relative pronoun, connecting a noun to a clause that gives more information about that noun. It's similar to 'that' or 'which' in English, but it's used more casually in Southern Vietnamese.
Từ 'mà' là đại từ quan hệ, nối danh từ với một mệnh đề phụ để giải thích thêm về danh từ đó. Giống như 'that' hay 'which' trong tiếng Anh, nhưng thường được dùng một cách thân mật hơn trong tiếng Việt Nam miền Nam.
In real Southern Vietnamese
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“Mà” has more than one use
Same word, different jobs in a sentence. These are covered separately:
- mà The word 'mà' in Southern Vietnamese is a versatile particle. It can indicate reason, purpose, or a contrastin…
- mà The word 'mà' in Southern Vietnamese is a versatile conjunction. It can mean 'and', 'but', or express a reason…
- mà Sentence-final 'mà' is the everyday justifier — the little word that turns a flat statement into a softly defe…
- mà The word 'mà' in Southern Vietnamese is a versatile particle. It can express emphasis, a sense of 'but', 'alth…
- mà A small connecting word that bridges a cause to its emotional or reactive consequence — 'so much that', 'enoug…
- Mà This is a word with a variety of complex uses in Vietnamese. In the example sentence, the word that is used as…
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