“I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.” in Hindi: “मुझे नेपल्स के लिए एक तरफ़ का टिकट चाहिए।”

When to use it

Use it at a ticket counter in India when you want a single ticket, not a return.

“I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.” — The sentence in English

In “I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.” ‘would like’ is a polite form of ‘want’. ‘one-way’ is a hyphenated adjective before ‘ticket’, and ‘to Naples’ gives the destination.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

would

auxiliary verbwill · form: conditional · with "like" it makes a polite request

like

verblike · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "would like" means "want", said politely

a

determinerindefinite article

one-way

adjectivecompound adjective; a ticket only for going, not for coming back

ticket

nounnoun

to

prepositionpreposition of direction

Naples

proper nounproper noun; the English name of Napoli

“मुझे नेपल्स के लिए एक तरफ़ का टिकट चाहिए।” — The sentence in Hindi

In “मुझे नेपल्स के लिए एक तरफ़ का टिकट चाहिए।” the word ‘चाहिए’ (is needed) expresses the request, and the person is ‘मुझे’ (to me). ‘नेपल्स के लिए’ (for Naples) is the destination, and ‘एक तरफ़ का’ (of one side) means one-way; ‘का’ is masculine to match ‘टिकट’.

मुझे

pronounमैं + को; with चाहिए the person who needs is मुझे

नेपल्स

proper nounproper noun 'Naples', a city in Italy

के

prepositionfirst part of के लिए

लिए

prepositionके लिए = 'for', here the destination

एक

adjectivethe number 'one'

तरफ़

nounfeminine noun 'side'; एक तरफ़ का = 'one-way'

का

prepositionpossessive का, agreeing with टिकट

टिकट

nounmasculine noun 'ticket'

चाहिए

verbचाहना · form: चाहिए (need) · subject: with मुझे · चाहिए 'is wanted/needed'; a polite request

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

English says ‘I would like’; Hindi says ‘to me … is needed’. The English adjective ‘one-way’ is a whole phrase in Hindi, ‘एक तरफ़ का’, and the destination comes before the ticket.

Example conversation