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    Default Another translation needed

    "Toi dang di city"

    Toi - I
    dang di = ??
    City = City

    Don't understand the meaning of "dang di". Is it mean "on the way to" or "already at"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by David070467 View Post
    "Toi dang di city"

    Toi - I
    dang di = ??
    City = City

    Don't understand the meaning of "dang di". Is it mean "on the way to" or "already at"?

    Thanks.
    Toi dang di city = I'm going to the city

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    Is it mean "on the way to".
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    dang is the present particple
    di is to go

    so 'Toi dang di city' means 'I am going to the city' But in English 'I am going to the city' can mean in the future. In Vietname dang denotes a current and not future state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tricky42 View Post
    dang is the present particple
    di is to go

    so 'Toi dang di city' means 'I am going to the city' But in English 'I am going to the city' can mean in the future. In Vietname dang denotes a current and not future state.
    Yeah, you have a good job, I think it can be:
    Tôi đang đi (tới, đến,lên) city (thành phố) = I'm going to go to the city (I'm on the way to the city)

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    Default Careful!

    It's incorrect to say "I'm going to go" in English. The options are "I will go", "I shall go", "I am going to".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tricky42 View Post
    It's incorrect to say "I'm going to go" in English. The options are "I will go", "I shall go", "I am going to".
    he,he...I did it on purpose so that beginers more understand.
    Of course, "I'm going to go to the city"= I'll go to the city"
    And "I'm going the city" has two meanings: 1. I'm about to go to the city/I'll go to the city (expectation) 2. I'm on the way to the city.

    As you know, beginers sometimes make mistakes like that.
    One day, I saw a beginer wrote: "I am born in...." (!).

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    Whooops........... "I did it on purpose so that beginers more understand."

    You should have said "I did it on purpose so that the beginners can understand better"

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    Thanks for all advise given.
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    very interesting!

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