Grammar and Example
1/ Question "Bằng gì?"
"By what?" "By which way" ask about the way to do something, can be used to ask about the manner. Same as "How?" ut used for manner alone but not for feeling. Put these words at the end of a sentence to make a question.
Note: Can use "Thế nào" or "Bằng cách nào" to ask
"Làm bằng gì?". = made of what?
A + bằng gì?
Anh muốn thanh toán bằng gì? | How do you want to pay? |
Em đi Hà Nội bằng gì? | How do you go to Hanoi? |
Món ăn này nấu thế nào? | How to cook this food? |
Bánh này làm bằng gì? | What is this cake made of? |
2/ Bằng
As a preposition, “bằng” can be used in 2 main ways: to indicate a means/method, or toindicate the material/construction material of what is stated.
Usage 1 – “bằng” (by, with)
Tôi muốn thanh toán bằng thẻ | I want to pay by card |
Anh ấy đi làm bằng tàu | He goes to work by train |
Máy này chạy bằng điện | This machine operate electric |
Người Việt Nam thường ăn bằng đũa | Vietnamese people usually eat with chopsticks. |
Usage 2 – “bằng” (made of)
This is used to indicate the material/construction material of what is stated.
The “bằng” may be omitted to make the sentence shorter, or extended to “làm bằng” (made of) to make the sentence longer.
Bánh này làm bằng bột mì | This cake is made of flour |
Đồ chơi này làm bằng nhựa | This toy is made of plastic. |
Tôi muốn làm 1 con thuyền bằng giấy | I want to make a boat out of paper |
Words
bột mì | flour |
thuyền (con thuyền) | boat |
nhựa | plastic |
máy | machine |
giấy | paper |
đồ chơi | toy |
đũa | chopsticks |
điện | electric |
thanh toán | to pay |
nấu | cook |
bánh | cake |
thẻ | card |
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