When to use it
Use it before paying in a shop or café, when you are unsure cash is taken.
“Can I pay in cash or only by card?” · The sentence in English
In “Can I pay in cash or only by card?” two prepositions are used, ‘in’ and ‘by’.
- Can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- pay
- verbpay · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- cash
- noununcountable noun; money in notes and coins
- or
- coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction
- only
- adverbadverb
- by
- prepositionpreposition
- card
- nounnoun; a bank card
“रोखीने पैसे देता येतील का, की फक्त कार्डने?” · The sentence in Marathi
In “रोखीने पैसे देता येतील का, की फक्त कार्डने?” there is no subject: it asks whether paying is possible. One suffix, ‘-ने’, does the work of both ‘in’ and ‘by’: ‘रोखीने’ (in cash), ‘कार्डने’ (by card).
- रोखीने
- adverb'in cash'
- पैसे
- noun'money'
- देता
- verbdeṇe · form: participle (-tā) · paise detā yeṇe = to be able to pay
- येतील
- auxiliary verbyeṇe · tense: future · number: plural · 'will be possible', plural with paise
- का
- particleends the first question
- की
- coordinating conjunction'or', between two options
- फक्त
- adverb'only'
- कार्डने
- noun'by card'
What changes from one language to the other · English × Marathi
English uses two prepositions and ‘I’; Marathi one suffix and no subject.
Example conversation
— रोखीने पैसे देता येतील का, की फक्त कार्डने?
— Can I pay in cash or only by card?
— रोख चालेल, यूपीआयसुद्धा चालेल.
— Cash is fine, UPI too.