No. 6 in Vietnamese
một
"One."
In a sentence
Tôi có một con mèo.
I have a cat.
Here, the word 'một' is used as a numeral to mean 'one', indicating the quantity of the object 'cat'.
Học một lần thì nhớ mãi.
Learn once, and you remember forever.
In this sentence, 'một' modifies 'lần', meaning 'once', expressing one occurrence of an action.
Đây là một điều rất quan trọng.
This is a very important matter.
'Một' here functions as an article to add emphasis, similar to 'a/an' in English, introducing the noun 'matter'.
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