có ông kia xây cái
/kɔː ʔoŋ kiə xəːj kaːj/
VI
there is that man over there building [something]
Có ông kia xây cái nhà mới.
There is that man over there building a new house.
Etymology
This is a common informal Vietnamese phrase combining a verb 'có' (there is), pronoun 'ông' (mister/that man), demonstrative 'kia' (over there), verb 'xây' (build), and classifier 'cái' for general objects.
Memory Aid
Break down the phrase: có (there is) → ông (man) → kia (over there) → xây (build) → cái (general object marker), so remember the order to connect the meaning.
Collocations
xây nhàông kiacái nhà
Synonyms
có người kia xây cái
Related Words
xây dựngôngkia