“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in Hindi: “मुझे दंत चिकित्सक से मिलने का समय लेना है।”

When to use it

Use it when you call a clinic in India or tell someone you have to book a dentist's appointment.

“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” — The sentence in English

In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘make an appointment’ is a fixed expression. ‘appointment’ starts with a vowel sound, so the article is ‘an’.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

“मुझे दंत चिकित्सक से मिलने का समय लेना है।” — The sentence in Hindi

In “मुझे दंत चिकित्सक से मिलने का समय लेना है।” the pattern ‘मुझे … लेना है’ means ‘I have to take’: the person is ‘मुझे’ (to me). ‘मिलने का समय’ (time of meeting) is the Hindi way to say ‘appointment’, and ‘दंत चिकित्सक से मिलना’ (to meet the dentist) uses ‘से’.

मुझे

pronounमैं + को; with लेना है it marks who needs to

दंत

adjective'dental'; दंत चिकित्सक = 'dentist'

चिकित्सक

nounmasculine noun 'doctor'

से

prepositionpostposition से; से मिलना = 'to meet with'

मिलने

verbमिलना · form: oblique infinitive · मिलने का समय = 'time to meet', an appointment

का

prepositionpossessive का, masculine for समय

समय

nounmasculine noun 'time'

लेना

verbलेना · form: infinitive · समय लेना = 'to take/book a time'

है

auxiliary verbहोना · tense: present · mood: obligation · मुझे … लेना है = 'I have to take'

English × Hindi: What changes from one language to the other

English says ‘I need’; Hindi says ‘to me … is (to be done)’. One English noun, ‘appointment’, is a three-word phrase in Hindi, and English ‘make’ becomes ‘लेना’ (take).

Example conversation