về

Etymology 1
From, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 wer ("to roll, to turn to the opposite end") and 🇨🇬. There are a wide range of words with similar forms and meanings to this word across the Austroasiatic family.

Most prepositions in Vietnamese were originally verbs:, , , , , ,.

Verb

 * 1) to come back or go back (to somewhere one belongs or to some place that is one's own)
 * 2) * 1922, Hồ Biểu Chánh, Ai làm được, Tín Đức Thư xã, chapter 3
 * "vi"
 * 1) * 1922, Hồ Biểu Chánh, Ai làm được, Tín Đức Thư xã, chapter 3
 * "vi"
 * 1) * 1922, Hồ Biểu Chánh, Ai làm được, Tín Đức Thư xã, chapter 3
 * "vi"
 * 1) * 1922, Hồ Biểu Chánh, Ai làm được, Tín Đức Thư xã, chapter 3
 * "vi"
 * "vi"

- Chí Ðại lo sợ nên đi tối ngày không về nhà.



Usage notes

 * To express returning to a place that is not one's own, such as someone else's home or country, one can use, , , and the like.
 * To express coming back from a certain activity, the word về is normally placed after the verb describing that activity, such as

Preposition

 * 1) about; on
 * 2) into
 * 1) into
 * 1) into

Noun

 * 1)  a thick layer