No. 950 in Vietnamese
đứa
"Đứa" means "child" or "person" and is often used to refer to someone in an informal or familiar way.
In a sentence
Đứa trẻ đó rất thông minh.
That child is very intelligent.
In this sentence, 'đứa' is used as a classifier for 'trẻ', indicating a child or young person.
Các đứa đã làm bài tập chưa?
Have the kids done their homework?
Here, 'đứa' refers generally to children and is used in the plural form 'các đứa'.
Tôi không phải là đứa hay quên.
I am not someone who forgets often.
In this case, 'đứa' is used metaphorically to refer to an individual (oneself) in a somewhat humble or self-reflective tone.
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