When to use it
Use it at a hotel in India when something is wrong and you want to report it formally.
“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” · The sentence in English
In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is a fixed expression, the question needs ‘do’, and ‘at the hotel’ comes last.
- 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
“मैं होटल में शिकायत कैसे दर्ज करूँ?” · The sentence in Hindi
In “मैं होटल में शिकायत कैसे दर्ज करूँ?” the phrase ‘शिकायत दर्ज करना’ is the formal ‘to register a complaint’. ‘करूँ’ is a subjunctive, so the sentence asks for advice, and ‘होटल में’ (at the hotel) comes before the object.
- मैं
- pronounpronoun 'I'
- होटल
- nounmasculine noun 'hotel'
- में
- prepositionpostposition 'at/in'
- शिकायत
- nounfeminine noun 'complaint'
- कैसे
- adverbquestion adverb 'how'
- दर्ज
- adjective'recorded'; दर्ज करना = 'to file'
- करूँ
- verbकरना · mood: subjunctive · person: 1st · number: singular · subjunctive: 'how should I file'
What changes from one language to the other · English × Hindi
English ‘make a complaint’ uses ‘make’; Hindi uses ‘शिकायत करना’ or the more formal ‘शिकायत दर्ज करना’. English puts the place at the end, Hindi before the object.
Example conversation
— मैं होटल में शिकायत कैसे दर्ज करूँ?
— How do I make a complaint at the hotel?
— कृपया रिसेप्शन पर मैनेजर से बात कीजिए।
— Please speak to the manager at reception.