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Dictionary entry

ngày xửa ngày xưa

ngày xửa ngày xưa means once upon a time in Vietnamese. Review definitions, example sentences, and related dictionary entries.

Definitions

Meanings

  1. 01

    once upon a time

  2. 02

    a phrase used to indicate the beginning of a story, similar to traditional fairy tales

Reference

Lexical details

Part of speech
Phrase
CEFR
A2

Connected entries

Related words, phrases, and compounds

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có

to have

VerbA1

một

one (number)

PronounA1

cô bé

little girl

NounA1

sống

to live

VerbA2

trong

inside, within

Adjective/PrepositionA1

kể

to tell

VerbA2

cho

to give

VerbA1

tôi

I, me (used as first-person singular pronoun)

PronounA1

những

plural marker often used for emphasis

PronounA1

rất

very

AdjectiveA1

và

and

ConjunctionA1

yêu thương

to love and cherish

VerbA2

Examples

Usage in context

3 examples

01

Ngày xửa ngày xưa, có một cô bé sống trong rừng sâu.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl living in the deep forest.

02

Ngày xửa ngày xưa, ông nội thường kể cho tôi nghe những câu chuyện cổ tích.

Once upon a time, my grandfather used to tell me fairy tales.