When to use it
Use it on a Sunday. In Germany one pharmacy in each area stays open (Notdienst).
The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”)
"I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday" uses the -ing form for an action now, and "open" follows the noun directly.
- 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 German (“Ich suche eine Apotheke, die sonntags geöffnet ist.”)
"Ich suche eine Apotheke, die sonntags geöffnet ist" uses the simple present "suche". The description is a relative clause with "die", and its verb "ist" goes to the end.
- Ich
- pronoun"I"
- suche
- verbsuchen · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "I look for"; German uses the simple present for an action now
- eine
- determinerindefinite article, feminine: "a"
- Apotheke
- nounfeminine noun: "pharmacy"
- die
- pronounrelative pronoun: "that", "which"
- sonntags
- adverb"on Sundays"
- geöffnet
- adjective"open"
- ist
- verbsein · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: third · number: singular · "is"; in a relative clause the verb goes to the end
What changes from one language to the other (English × German)
English uses "I'm looking"; German uses the simple "ich suche". English can say "a pharmacy open on Sunday"; German needs a relative clause with the verb at the end.
Example conversation
— Ich suche eine Apotheke, die sonntags geöffnet ist.
— I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.
— Die Notdienst-Apotheke ist am Marktplatz.
— The emergency pharmacy is on the market square.