To take oneself (X time) to ... in Vietnamese Second question of the day: How would you say "It takes me an hour to go to university"? Is there a word for "to take oneself (time)" in Vietnamese?

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To take oneself (X time) to ... in Vietnamese Second question of the day: How would you say "It takes me an hour to go to university"? Is there a word for "to take oneself (time)" in Vietnamese? What about kéo dài? Cảm ơn!

2014年3月5日 17:03

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"It takes me an hour to go to school". In this sentence "it" is a fake subject => it plays no role to the translation to VNese. You can say that: "To go to school takes me an hour" = Đi tới trường chiếm/lấy mất 1 giờ (của tôi). The words in bracket support the meaning of this sentence in VNese. => Conclusion: take oneself time = chiếm/lấy mất 1 giờ của tôi. P/s: "kéo dài" precisely means prolong (= extend in some ways). You can check the dictionary for better expression as well.

2014年3月6日

It takes me an hour to go to university = Tôi mất 1giờ để tới trường đại học. you can just say "1 giờ" and it is shortcut for above sentence. "kéo dài" means extension in english Hope this help.

2014年3月6日

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2014年4月7日