u/Associate_Sam_Club

Why does Vietnamese use chả (literally means 'ground meat') as a contrastive negative marker?

I'm asking for why a word for "ground meat" that people put in Vietnamese Bún chả, often seen serves as a contrastive negative marker like example below.

Tôi chả thích nó. /toi ʧa tʰiʲk nɔ/
I don't like (at all).

vs generic negative không

Tôi không thích nó. /toi xoʷŋ͡m tʰiʲk nɔ/
I don't like it.

Thanks.

u/Associate_Sam_Club — 2 days ago