No. 10 in Vietnamese
đến
"Đến" means "to come" or "to arrive."
In a sentence
Tôi sẽ đến nhà bạn lúc 8 giờ tối.
I will arrive at your house at 8 PM.
In this sentence, 'đến' means 'to arrive' or 'to go to', indicating the action of coming to a location.
Đến khi ông ấy về, chúng tôi đã làm xong bài tập.
By the time he came back, we had finished the homework.
Here, 'đến' is used in the phrase 'đến khi', which translates to 'by the time' or 'until', indicating a point in time.
Cô ấy tập trung làm việc đến mức không nghe thấy tiếng chuông cửa.
She was so focused on her work that she did not hear the doorbell.
In this case, 'đến' expresses 'to the extent of' or 'so much that', showing the intensity or degree of an action.
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