When to use it
Use it at a hotel when something is wrong and you want to report it formally.
“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” · The sentence in English
In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is a fixed expression, the question needs ‘do’, and ‘at the hotel’ comes last.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- make
- verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- complaint
- nounnoun
- at
- prepositionpreposition of place
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- hotel
- nounnoun
“হোটেলে কীভাবে অভিযোগ করব?” · The sentence in Bangla
In “হোটেলে কীভাবে অভিযোগ করব?” the subject ‘আমি’ (I) is dropped because ‘করব’ (shall do) shows it. ‘অভিযোগ করা’ (to make a complaint) is a noun-plus-verb pair, and the place ‘হোটেলে’ (at the hotel) opens the sentence.
- হোটেলে
- noun'hotel' + -এ: 'at the hotel'
- কীভাবে
- adverbquestion adverb 'how'
- অভিযোগ
- nounnoun 'complaint'; অভিযোগ করা = 'to complain'
- করব
- verbকরা · tense: future · person: 1st · 'how shall I'; the subject আমি is dropped
What changes from one language to the other · English × Bangla
English uses ‘make’, Bengali uses করা (do). English puts the place last, Bengali first, and Bengali can drop the subject.
Example conversation
— হোটেলে কীভাবে অভিযোগ করব?
— How do I make a complaint at the hotel?
— রিসেপশনে ম্যানেজারের সঙ্গে কথা বলুন।
— Please speak to the manager at reception.