italki - 'Tôi còn độc thân' - Confusion I understand this sentence to mean 'I am single', but what does 'co

搜索英语老师

Aaron // 谷润岚

职业教师

'Tôi còn độc thân' - Confusion I understand this sentence to mean 'I am single', but what does 'còn' mean in this context?

2015年4月9日 13:56

回答 · 5

"còn" = still

2015年4月9日

Let me clarify it a bit more : when you say " Tôi độc thân ", people might think : 1. "you haven't get married until now", 2. "you got married and now you divorced", 3 "you are widowed". So to make it more clear for people to understand what you mean, you say "Tôi còn độc thân"/ "Tôi vẫn còn độc thân" for "I'm still single" "còn/vẫn còn = still"

2015年4月10日