No. 30 in Vietnamese
sau
"After," "behind," or "later."
In a sentence
Học sinh ngồi sau giáo viên.
The students sit behind the teacher.
In this sentence, 'sau' is used as a preposition, meaning 'behind' in English, to denote the relative spatial position of the students to the teacher.
Chúng ta sẽ gặp nhau sau.
We will meet later.
Here, 'sau' functions as an adverb, meaning 'later,' and indicates a time in the future.
Anh ấy đến trễ sau khi xem phim.
He arrived late after watching the movie.
In this instance, 'sau' is part of the conjunction 'sau khi,' which means 'after,' and it is used to describe the temporal sequence of actions, i.e., watching the movie followed by his arrival.
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