When to use it
Use it on a Sunday when you need medicine and most shops are closed.
The sentence in English — “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”
In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” ‘I'm looking for’ is the present continuous of ‘look for’. ‘open’ follows the noun because ‘on Sunday’ is attached to it.
- I'm
- contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"
- looking
- verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now
- for
- prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- pharmacy
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sunday
- proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter
The sentence in Bangla — “আমি রবিবারে খোলা একটা ওষুধের দোকান খুঁজছি।”
In “আমি রবিবারে খোলা একটা ওষুধের দোকান খুঁজছি।” the verb ‘খুঁজছি’ (am looking for) is the present continuous, just like English. The whole description ‘রবিবারে খোলা’ (open on Sunday) comes before the noun, and ‘ওষুধের দোকান’ (shop of medicine) is a pharmacy.
- আমি
- pronounpronoun 'I'
- রবিবারে
- noun'Sunday' + -এ: 'on Sunday'
- খোলা
- adjectiveadjective 'open'
- একটা
- determiner'one' + classifier টা: 'a'
- ওষুধের
- noun'medicine' + -এর; ওষুধের দোকান = pharmacy
- দোকান
- nounnoun 'shop'
- খুঁজছি
- verbখোঁজা · tense: present continuous · person: 1st · 'I am looking for', happening now
English × Bangla — What changes from one language to the other
Both languages use a continuous tense here. The difference is placement: English puts ‘open on Sunday’ after the noun, Bengali puts ‘রবিবারে খোলা’ before it.
Example conversation
— আমি রবিবারে খোলা একটা ওষুধের দোকান খুঁজছি।
— I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.
— হাসপাতালের দোকানটা সারাদিন খোলা থাকে।
— The one at the hospital is open all day.