lấy – Vietnamese verb conjugation

Vietnamese verb forms of lấy

lấy
𥙩; 礼

Tenses

Pastđã lấy
Futuresẽ lấy
Recent Pastvừa mới lấy
Immediate Futuresắp lấy
Continuousđang lấy

Nôm

Kanji

Translations

  • take, to get into one's hands or control

    • Etymology

    1. From Proto-Vietic *leːʔ / -leːʔ (“to take”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *liʔ (“to take”). Cognate with Muong Bi lễ, Tho [Cuối Chăm] leː⁴, U lè, Riang leʔ².
    2. Compare the Trans-Himalayan/Sino-Tibetan root that gave rise to Old Chinese 以 (OC *ləʔ) (B-S) (SV: dĩ), which might just be coincidence or indicative of deeper borrowing further back diachronically.

    Sample Sentences

    • lấy sách ra đọc (to bring out one's book to read)
    • Dượng cho lì xì thì lấy đi. (Your uncle-in-law wants to give you lucky money, you should take it.)
    • lấy chồng (to get a husband)
    • lấy vợ (to get a wife)
    • Tôi chưa nghĩ đến chuyện lấy vợ. (I'm not thinking about getting married yet.)
    • Tổng thống duy nhất chưa bao giờ lấy vợ: James Buchanan. (The only president who was never married: James Buchanan.)