No. 101 in Vietnamese
gì
"What."
In a sentence
Bạn đang làm gì?
What are you doing?
The word "gì" in this sentence means "what" and is used in a question to ask for specific information about an action.
Anh ấy không biết cái gì đó đang diễn ra.
He doesn't know what is happening.
Here, "gì" is used after "cái" to form "cái gì", meaning "what", and it functions as a pronoun for something unspecified.
Đây là cái gì?
What is this?
In this sentence, "gì" follows "cái" to form "cái gì", specifically asking for the identification of an object.
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