When to use it
Use it when you are new to an area and want a good place to eat nearby.
The sentence in English (“Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?”)
In “Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” the subject ‘I’ is required and ‘can’ moves before it. ‘nearby’ comes at the end.
- Where
- adverbquestion word asking about place
- can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- find
- verbfind · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after a modal or after "help me"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- good
- adjectiveadjective
- restaurant
- nounnoun
- nearby
- adjectiveadjective placed after the noun
The sentence in Bangla (“কাছাকাছি ভালো রেস্তোরাঁ কোথায় পাব?”)
In “কাছাকাছি ভালো রেস্তোরাঁ কোথায় পাব?” the subject ‘আমি’ (I) is dropped because the verb form ‘পাব’ (shall find) already shows it. ‘কাছাকাছি’ (nearby) is a doubled form of ‘কাছ’ (near) and opens the sentence.
- কাছাকাছি
- adverb'nearby', a doubled form of কাছ
- ভালো
- adjectiveadjective 'good'
- রেস্তোরাঁ
- nounnoun 'restaurant'
- কোথায়
- adverbquestion adverb 'where'
- পাব
- verbপাওয়া · tense: future · person: 1st · 'will find'; the subject আমি is left out
What changes from one language to the other (English × Bangla)
English must say ‘I’; Bengali leaves it out. English uses ‘can find’, Bengali the future ‘পাব’, and ‘nearby’ moves from the end in English to the start in Bengali.
Example conversation
— কাছাকাছি ভালো রেস্তোরাঁ কোথায় পাব?
— Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?
— নদীর ধারেরটা চেষ্টা করুন, খাবার দারুণ।
— Try the one by the river, the food is great.