Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng, nên tôi không thể gửi email.

Yes. Máy tính is the normal everyday word for computer.

Literally:

• máy = machine
• tính = calculate / compute

So máy tính is basically calculating machine. In modern Vietnamese, it simply means computer.

You may also see:

• máy vi tính = computer (a somewhat fuller term, but máy tính is very common)

In this sentence, máy tính của tôi = my computer.

Vietnamese usually puts possessive expressions after the noun.

Pattern:

• noun + của + pronoun/name

So:

• máy tính của tôi = my computer
• nhà của tôi = my house
• bạn của Lan = Lan’s friend

This is different from English, where possession usually comes before:

• my computer
• my house

In natural Vietnamese, people sometimes omit của when the meaning is clear, especially in casual speech, but máy tính của tôi is perfectly correct and clear.

Bị often indicates that something bad, unwanted, or adverse happens.

So:

• bị hỏng = be broken / get broken / be out of order

It often carries the feeling that this is an unfortunate situation.

Examples:

• Tôi bị ốm. = I got sick.
• Xe tôi bị hỏng. = My vehicle broke down.
• Anh ấy bị mất ví. = He lost his wallet. (literally, was affected by losing his wallet)

In this sentence, Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng means the computer is in a bad state: it’s broken.

Yes, you can.

• Máy tính của tôi hỏng. = My computer is broken.
• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng. = My computer got broken / is broken, with a stronger sense of an unfortunate event or result

The version with bị can sound a little more explicit about the negative circumstance. The version without bị is also very common and natural.

So both are correct, but:

• hỏng alone = more direct, simple description
• bị hỏng = slightly more emphatic about the unwanted outcome

Hỏng means broken, spoiled, not working properly, or damaged depending on context.

For machines or devices, it usually means:

• broken
• out of order
• not working

Examples:

• Điện thoại hỏng rồi. = The phone is broken.
• Xe bị hỏng. = The vehicle broke down.
• Máy lạnh hỏng. = The air conditioner is broken.

So in this sentence, bị hỏng means the computer is not functioning.

Here, nên means so, therefore, or that’s why.

It connects the first clause to the result:

• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng = My computer is broken
• nên tôi không thể gửi email = so I can’t send email

So the structure is:

• cause + nên + result

Very roughly:

• [reason], nên [result]

This is a very common way to express cause and result in Vietnamese.

It is very natural to repeat it, and in this sentence it sounds good and clear.

• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng, nên tôi không thể gửi email.

Vietnamese often repeats subjects when starting a new clause, especially for clarity.

Could it sometimes be omitted in context? Yes, in conversation, if the subject is obvious. But here, repeating tôi is standard and natural.

không thể means cannot or am unable to.

Breakdown:

• không = not
• thể = ability/possibility in this structure

So:

• tôi không thể gửi email = I cannot send email

This is a common and fairly neutral way to express inability.

Compare:

• Tôi không thể đi. = I cannot go.
• Chúng tôi không thể làm vậy. = We cannot do that.

It sounds a bit more formal or explicit than some other Vietnamese patterns for can/cannot.

Yes. That is also natural Vietnamese.

Compare these:

• Tôi không thể gửi email.

  • I cannot send email.
  • Slightly more formal/direct.

• Tôi không gửi email được.

  • I can’t send email.
  • Very common in everyday speech.

The pattern verb + được often expresses ability:

• gửi được = be able to send

So:

• không gửi được = not able to send

In this sentence, both work well:

• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng, nên tôi không thể gửi email.
• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng, nên tôi không gửi email được.

Yes, email is very commonly used in Vietnamese.

You may also see:

• thư điện tử = electronic mail

But in everyday speech, email is extremely normal.

So these are both possible:

• gửi email
• gửi thư điện tử

The first one is much more common in daily use.

The word order is:

• verb + object

So:

• gửi = send
• email = email

Together:

• gửi email = send email

This is similar to English:

• send email

Other examples:

• đọc sách = read a book/books
• mua đồ = buy things
• viết thư = write a letter

Vietnamese does not use articles like a, an, and the in the same way English does.

So:

• máy tính của tôi already means my computer
• gửi email can mean send email or send an email, depending on context

Vietnamese often relies on context rather than articles.

If needed, Vietnamese can add words to make things more specific, but very often it does not need to.

The sentence has two clauses:

1. Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng

   • My computer is broken

2. nên tôi không thể gửi email

   • so I cannot send email

So the full structure is:

• [reason/cause], nên [result]

This is a very useful Vietnamese pattern.

Other examples:

• Trời mưa, nên tôi ở nhà.
  • It’s raining, so I’m staying home.
• Tôi bận, nên tôi không đi được.
  • I’m busy, so I can’t go.

Yes. Tôi is a neutral and very common way to say I.

It is often used:

• in standard speech
• with people you do not know very well
• in writing
• in polite or neutral situations

Vietnamese pronouns depend heavily on relationship, age, and social context. In some conversations, a speaker might use other pronouns instead of tôi, but tôi is a safe and standard choice for learner sentences like this one.

Yes, that literal gloss helps explain the Vietnamese structure, especially the role of bị.

A more literal sense is:

• Máy tính của tôi bị hỏng = My computer got broken / was broken
• nên tôi không thể gửi email = so I cannot send email

But in natural English, you would usually say:

• My computer is broken, so I can’t send email. or
• My computer broke, so I can’t send email.

So the Vietnamese structure and the natural English translation are not always word-for-word identical.