When to use it
Use it at the reception when something is wrong in your room.
The sentence in English — “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?”
"How do I make a complaint at the hotel?" uses "do" for the question and "make a complaint".
- 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
The sentence in German — “Wie kann ich im Hotel eine Beschwerde einreichen?”
"Wie kann ich im Hotel eine Beschwerde einreichen?" asks "how can I" and uses "einreichen" (submit). "Im" is "in dem".
- Wie
- adverb"how"
- kann
- auxiliary verbkönnen · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "can"
- ich
- pronoun"I"
- im
- contractionin + dem: "in the"
- Hotel
- nounneuter noun: "hotel"
- eine
- determinerindefinite article, feminine: "a"
- Beschwerde
- nounfeminine noun: "complaint"
- einreichen
- verbeinreichen · form: infinitive · "to submit", "to file"; separable verb
English × German — What changes from one language to the other
English "makes" a complaint; German "submits" one (einreichen). English says "at the hotel"; German says "im Hotel" (in the hotel).
Example conversation
— Wie kann ich im Hotel eine Beschwerde einreichen?
— How do I make a complaint at the hotel?
— Sprechen Sie mit der Hotelleitung an der Rezeption.
— Speak to the hotel management at the reception.