Cầu thủ ở đây.

The player is here.

Breakdown of Cầu thủ ở đây.

• ở: at
• đây: here
• cầu thủ: the player

Questions & Answers about Cầu thủ ở đây.

What does each part of Cầu thủ ở đây mean?

• cầu thủ = player, usually a sports player or athlete
• ở = to be at / to stay at / located at
• đây = here

So the structure is basically:

• cầu thủ → subject
• ở đây → location phrase / predicate

A natural English equivalent is The player is here or The players are here, depending on context.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Vietnamese often does not use a separate verb equivalent to English to be in the same way English does.

In this sentence, ở does the job of expressing location, so Cầu thủ ở đây already means The player is here.

You do not say Cầu thủ là ở đây in normal Vietnamese for this meaning.
Here, là is not needed.

A useful pattern is:

• Subject + ở + place

Examples:

• Tôi ở nhà. = I am at home.
• Anh ấy ở trường. = He is at school.
• Cầu thủ ở đây. = The player is here.

What exactly does ở mean here?