When to use it
Use it at a travel agency or reception in India to say what kind of hotel you want.
The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.”)
In “I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” the description ‘with a pool and wifi’ comes after ‘hotel’. ‘a pool’ is countable, ‘wifi’ is not, so only ‘pool’ takes ‘a’.
- 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
- hotel
- nounnoun
- with
- prepositionpreposition
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- pool
- nounnoun; a swimming pool
- and
- coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction
- wifi
- nounnoun
The sentence in Hindi (“मुझे पूल और वाईफाई वाला होटल चाहिए।”)
In “मुझे पूल और वाईफाई वाला होटल चाहिए।” the word ‘वाला’ means ‘having’: ‘पूल और वाईफाई वाला होटल’ is a hotel that has a pool and wifi. ‘वाला’ is masculine for ‘होटल’ and the whole description comes before the noun; ‘मुझे … चाहिए’ means ‘I need’.
- मुझे
- pronounमैं + को, with चाहिए
- पूल
- nounmasculine noun 'pool'
- और
- coordinating conjunctionconjunction 'and'
- वाईफाई
- nounnoun 'wifi'
- वाला
- adjectiveवाला = 'having'; 'a hotel that has a pool and wifi'
- होटल
- nounmasculine noun 'hotel'
- चाहिए
- verbचाहना · form: चाहिए (need) · मुझे … चाहिए = 'I need'
What changes from one language to the other (English × Hindi)
English ‘with’ follows the noun; Hindi ‘वाला’ precedes it: ‘a hotel with a pool’ = ‘पूल वाला होटल’. ‘वाला’ changes with the noun (वाली for feminine, वाले for plural).
Example conversation
— मुझे पूल और वाईफाई वाला होटल चाहिए।
— I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.
— हमारे पास समुद्र किनारे एक है, जिसमें दोनों हैं।
— We have one by the beach with both.