Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?

This is a very common Vietnamese pattern for asking whether something has happened yet.

• đã marks that the speaker is talking about a completed action or a past/completed event.
• chưa at the end turns it into a “yet?” / “have you...?” type of question.

So:

• Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa? = Have you replied to my email yet?

This pattern is extremely common:

• Bạn ăn cơm chưa? = Have you eaten yet?
• Anh đến chưa? = Have you arrived yet?

In casual speech, sometimes đã may be omitted if the meaning is still clear, but đã ... chưa? is a very standard and natural structure.

Bạn means you, but more specifically it is a fairly neutral and friendly way to address someone.

It works well:

• with friends
• with classmates
• with coworkers of similar age/status
• in many everyday situations

However, Vietnamese pronouns depend heavily on relationship, age, and social context. So bạn is not always the best choice.

For example, depending on who you are talking to, you might say:

• anh = you (to an older male, or sometimes a male peer depending on context)
• chị = you (to an older female)
• em = you (to a younger person)
• ông / bà = you (more formal, older people)
• mày = you (very informal, only in specific close relationships; can sound rude)

So this sentence could also become:

• Anh đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?
• Chị đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?

Trả lời means to answer or to reply.

In this sentence, it means reply to an email.

Examples:

• trả lời câu hỏi = answer a question
• trả lời tin nhắn = reply to a message
• trả lời email = reply to an email

Although English often distinguishes answer and reply, Vietnamese trả lời can cover both meanings in many contexts.

Because Vietnamese word order here is:

subject + time/aspect marker + verb + object + other elements

So:

• Bạn = you
• đã = completed/past marker
• trả lời = reply
• email của tôi = my email
• chưa = yet? / not yet?

That gives:

Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?

This is similar to English word order in reply to my email, except Vietnamese usually does not need a separate word like to here.

Because của tôi means of mine / my and follows the noun in Vietnamese.

So:

• email của tôi = my email
• bạn của tôi = my friend
• nhà của tôi = my house

This is different from English, where possessives usually come before the noun.

In everyday speech, Vietnamese sometimes drops của in certain close, natural combinations, but with something like email, email của tôi is very normal and clear.

In this sentence, email của tôi most naturally means the email from me or my email message—in other words, the email you sent to the other person and want them to reply to.

If you specifically mean my email address, Vietnamese would usually make that clearer, for example:

• địa chỉ email của tôi = my email address

So here, learners should understand email của tôi as my email/message, not usually my email address.

Yes. Email is very common in modern Vietnamese, but there are other possibilities.

You may also see:

• thư điện tử = electronic mail, more formal/bookish
• mail = also common in casual usage

Examples:

• Bạn đã trả lời thư điện tử của tôi chưa?
• Bạn đã trả lời mail của tôi chưa?

Among these, email is probably the most natural and widely used in everyday modern speech.

It is neutral and natural, but not especially formal.

Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa? is fine in many everyday situations. However, depending on tone and context, it can sound a bit direct—especially if you are reminding someone.

To make it softer, you could say:

• Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa nhỉ?
  Slightly softer, wondering tone.

• Bạn đã kịp trả lời email của tôi chưa?
  Have you had a chance to reply to my email yet?

• Không biết bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?
  A more indirect, polite way to ask.

In more formal situations, you would also likely change bạn to a more appropriate pronoun.

Yes, it can, depending on tone and situation.

In writing or speech, Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa? may simply be a neutral question, but it can also sound like:

• Have you replied to my email yet or not?

If the speaker is waiting for a response, it may carry a mild sense of urgency or complaint.

If you want to sound gentler, you could say:

• Bạn đã xem email của tôi chưa? = Have you seen my email yet?
• Khi nào bạn tiện trả lời email của tôi nhé. = Please reply to my email when convenient.
• Bạn có thể trả lời email của tôi khi rảnh được không? = Could you reply to my email when you have time?

So the sentence itself is grammatical and common, but tone matters a lot.

A few common answers are:

• Rồi. = Yes / Already.
• Mình trả lời rồi. = I already replied.
• Chưa. = Not yet.
• Mình chưa trả lời. = I haven’t replied yet.
• Mình sẽ trả lời sớm. = I’ll reply soon.

If you want to answer very directly using the same pattern:

• Rồi, tôi đã trả lời rồi.
• Chưa, tôi chưa trả lời.

Notice that rồi is often used in answers to show completion.

Yes, you can, and people do say that.

• Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?
• Bạn trả lời email của tôi chưa?

Both can mean Have you replied to my email yet?

The version with đã is a bit clearer and more standard for emphasizing completion. The version without đã is more conversational and still very natural in many contexts.

Vietnamese often leaves out markers when the meaning is obvious from context.

Good question, because both can appear in yes/no questions, but they are not the same.

• ... chưa? asks whether something has happened yet
• ... không? is a more general yes/no question

Compare:

• Bạn đã trả lời email của tôi chưa?
  = Have you replied to my email yet?

• Bạn có trả lời email của tôi không?
  = Will/Do you reply to my email? / Are you going to reply to my email?

The chưa version focuses on whether the action has already happened by now. That is why it is the better choice here.

Yes, especially for these words:

• trả lời
• đã
• của
• chưa

A few points learners often notice:

• trả has the hỏi tone.
• đã has the ngã tone.
• chưa has the high level / ngang tone on ưa.
• lời has the huyền tone.

Also, trả lời is a two-word verb, so be careful not to blend it too much.

If your tones are off, Vietnamese listeners may still understand from context, but getting the tones right will make you much easier to understand.

Sometimes yes, depending on context, but Have you replied to my email yet? is usually the best match.

Because of đã ... chưa, the Vietnamese sentence strongly suggests up to now / yet. It is asking about the current status of the action.

So:

• Best translation: Have you replied to my email yet?
• Possible in some contexts: Did you reply to my email?

But the second English version loses some of the yet / by now feeling that chưa gives.