When to use it
Use it when you arrive somewhere and want to know the usual way to get a taxi.
“How do you get a taxi here?” · The sentence in English
In “How do you get a taxi here?” ‘you’ is generic and the question needs ‘do’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general
- get
- verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · here it means "take" or "find"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- taxi
- nounnoun
- here
- adverbadverb of place
“Paano kumuha ng taksi dito?” · The sentence in Filipino
In “Paano kumuha ng taksi dito?” the infinitive ‘kumuha’ (to get) has no subject, so it asks about the usual way: hailing one in the street, a taxi rank, or calling.
- Paano
- adverbquestion word 'how'
- kumuha
- verbkuha · focus: actor (um-) · form: infinitive · subjectless infinitive: how one gets
- ng
- prepositionmarker ng before the object
- taksi
- nounnoun 'taxi'
- dito
- adverb'here'
What changes from one language to the other · English × Filipino
English needs ‘do’ and ‘you’; Filipino only ‘Paano’ and the infinitive.
Example conversation
— Paano kumuha ng taksi dito?
— How do you get a taxi here?
— Karamihan ay nagbu-book sa app.
— Most people book one with an app.