"They threaten us with a knife."
Translation:Họ đe doạ chúng tôi bằng một con dao.
May 21, 2017
3 Comments
Artikyulet
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"con dao"? Not "cái dao"? Why the heck would knife be in an animate noun class?
May 21, 2017
Both are correct. I would call this an exception. Don't be surprised - Vietnamese is full of exceptions like this.
May 21, 2017
Irregularities occur in most languages. Outside of con dao (knife) you can also see the classifier in words like con đường (road) and con số (number).
May 30, 2017
