"Bạn hỗ trợ tôi ư?"
Translation:You support me?
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For hỗ trợ, the NAVER Korean-Vietnamese dictionary gives an etymology of 互助 for the verb and 相助의 as the meaning of the adjective. In both cases, the sense of it is mutual support or to help each other. I'll omit the Korean commentary since it is not relevant.
Ủng hộ’s etymology is given as 雍護 whose individual characters mean marsh/pool/harmonious and protect/guard/defend/shelter respectively. The Korean dictionary gives a definition which I can describe as supporting from behind (支持하다) or to defend by taking a side and/or providing assistance (擁護하다).
You can look them up yourself on NAVER, but the difference is basically the mutuality of the help/support (help someone else versus help each other).
The particle ừ at the end of a sentence changes it from a statement into a question, like in English where we put yes or yeh at the end of a sentence to form a question. It is commonly used when you expect the person answering to agree with your question. To use this example: "You support me." That is a statement. You support me, yes/yeh? That is a question and you are expecting an answer that agrees with what you have asked. If you are not sure what the answer will be or less confident the answer will be yes then replace ừ with phải không. Which is like adding "yes or no?" or more commonly "right?" at the end of a statement to form a question. Ù can also be the response which would mean "Yes/Yeh" as in "Yes/Yeh I support you." As for putting không at the end of a sentence to form a question do not forget to place có before the predicate or in this instance the verb. Bạn có hỗ trợ tôi không? which forms the English question "Do you support me?"
From what other people is answering, use ư when expecting a positive answer, just as confirmation, as if you said: "you support me, right?" Even if you don't get an answer you assume it's "yes".
Or either I could make the question more explicitly:
"Do you support me?" if I am less secure about your support.
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They really have stop teaching one word and later on a different work for the same English word on this app. It makes no sense and it's annoying,confusing and de motivating
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In Vietnamese there are many different ways to say the same thing and a word can have many different meanings dependent on how it is used in a sentence. I was amazed when I got my first English-Vietnamese dictionary. But I probably shouldn't have been, just consider the many different meanings of the word up in the English language depending on how it is used in a sentence.
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The English translation is not good. The statement "You support me" cannot be changed into a question merely by adding a question mark or by a change in tone of voice. In English, we rely on the words to give meaning. I understand that the Vietnamese sentence is a question, but I can see three possible translations. 1. Do you support me? (a basic Yes/No question without expressing emotion or expectation) 2. You do support me don't you? (indicating expectation that the answer is "Yes") 3. Do you really support me? (expressing surprise or seeking confirmation) Each of these translations conveys a different meaning, but I have no way of knowing which meaning is intended by the Thai sentence.