Chủ nhà sẽ gọi thợ.

Chủ nhà literally means house owner, but in real usage it can mean different things depending on context:

• homeowner
• landlord
• host (the person receiving guests at home)

In Chủ nhà sẽ gọi thợ, the most likely meaning is the homeowner or the landlord. Context tells you which one is intended.

Sẽ is a common marker for the future.

So the structure is:

• chủ nhà = the homeowner / landlord
• sẽ = will
• gọi = call
• thợ = worker / repairman / tradesperson

So sẽ works a lot like will in English.

However, Vietnamese does not always need a future marker. If the future meaning is already clear from context, speakers may simply say:

• Chủ nhà gọi thợ.

That can still mean the owner is going to call a worker, depending on the situation.

Yes, it is very similar here.

The basic order is:

• Subject + future marker + verb + object

So:

• Chủ nhà = subject
• sẽ = future marker
• gọi = verb
• thợ = object

This makes the sentence relatively easy for English speakers to follow.

In this sentence, gọi means to call, usually by phone or by contacting someone.

Common meanings of gọi include:

• to call someone
• to summon someone
• to name something

Here it clearly means to contact / call for a worker.

So gọi thợ is a very natural phrase meaning call a repair person / call a tradesperson.

Thợ is a general word for a skilled worker, repairman, craftsman, or tradesperson.

It is often used when the exact type of worker is:

• not important
• already understood from context
• intentionally left general

For example, thợ could refer to:

• a plumber
• an electrician
• a mechanic
• a builder
• a repair person

If you want to be more specific, Vietnamese often adds another word:

• thợ điện = electrician
• thợ sửa ống nước = plumber
• thợ sửa xe = mechanic

So in this sentence, thợ just means someone who can come fix or work on something.

Vietnamese does not use articles the way English does.

English requires choices like:

• the homeowner
• a worker
• the worker

Vietnamese usually does not mark that directly with article words.

So chủ nhà can mean:

• the homeowner
• a homeowner
• the landlord

And thợ can mean:

• a worker
• the worker
• a repairman

You understand the difference from context.

Grammatically, yes, chủ nhà can mean host, but in this sentence that is less likely.

Because the sentence says:

• sẽ gọi thợ = will call a worker / repairman

that strongly suggests a situation involving property, repairs, or maintenance. So homeowner or landlord is much more natural here than host.

Vietnamese often uses nouns directly where English might use pronouns.

Instead of saying:

• He will call a worker
• She will call a worker

Vietnamese may simply say:

• Chủ nhà sẽ gọi thợ

This is especially common when the person’s role is more important than their gender.

Also, Vietnamese pronouns are more socially specific than English pronouns, so using a noun like chủ nhà can be clearer and more natural.

Yes.

You can say:

• Chủ nhà gọi thợ.

Without sẽ, the sentence can mean different things depending on context:

• present habit: the owner calls workers
• near future: the owner is going to call a worker
• simple factual statement

Adding sẽ makes the future meaning clearer and more explicit.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Chủ nhà ≈ choo nya
• sẽ ≈ seh, with a dipping tone
• gọi ≈ goy, with a heavy falling tone
• thợ ≈ thuh, with a low broken tone

A few pronunciation notes:

• chủ has the hỏi tone
• nhà has the huyền tone
• sẽ has the ngã tone in standard spelling
• gọi has the nặng tone
• thợ also has the nặng tone

The tones matter a lot in Vietnamese, so it is good to learn the sentence together with its tone pattern, not just the consonants and vowels.

Yes, that is a very reasonable translation in the right context.

But remember that the Vietnamese sentence itself is more flexible. It does not explicitly say:

• landlord vs homeowner
• a repairman vs the repairman
• one specific trade

So depending on context, good English translations could include:

• The homeowner will call a repairman.
• The landlord will call a worker.
• The owner will contact a tradesperson.

Vietnamese leaves more of this unstated than English usually does.