When to use it
Use it on a Sunday in India when you need medicine and most shops are closed.
The sentence in English — “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”
In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” ‘I'm looking for’ is the present continuous of ‘look for’. The adjective ‘open’ comes after the noun because ‘on Sunday’ is attached to it.
- 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 Hindi — “मुझे रविवार को खुली दवा की दुकान चाहिए।”
In “मुझे रविवार को खुली दवा की दुकान चाहिए।” the pattern ‘मुझे … चाहिए’ means ‘I need’. ‘दवा की दुकान’ (shop of medicine) is a pharmacy; ‘खुली’ (open) is feminine to match ‘दुकान’ (shop), and ‘रविवार को’ (on Sunday) comes before the whole group.
- मुझे
- pronounमैं + को, with चाहिए
- रविवार
- nounmasculine noun 'Sunday'
- को
- prepositionको with a day: 'on Sunday'
- खुली
- adjectiveadjective 'open', feminine for दुकान
- दवा
- nounfeminine noun 'medicine'
- की
- prepositionpossessive की; दवा की दुकान = 'medicine shop'
- दुकान
- nounfeminine noun 'shop'
- चाहिए
- verbचाहना · form: चाहिए (need) · मुझे … चाहिए = 'I need'
English × Hindi — What changes from one language to the other
English describes a search, ‘I'm looking for’; Hindi states a need, ‘मुझे चाहिए’. In English ‘open on Sunday’ follows the noun; in Hindi ‘रविवार को खुली’ comes before it.
Example conversation
— मुझे रविवार को खुली दवा की दुकान चाहिए।
— I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.
— अस्पताल वाली दुकान पूरे दिन खुली रहती है।
— The one at the hospital is open all day.