When to use it
Use it at an airport to ask staff to help you find your boarding gate.
The sentence in English — “Can you help me find my gate?”
In “Can you help me find my gate?” ‘help me find’ drops ‘to’ before ‘find’.
- Can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun
- help
- verbhelp · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- me
- pronounobject pronoun
- find
- verbfind · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after a modal or after "help me"
- my
- determinerpossessive determiner
- gate
- nounnoun; the boarding gate at an airport
The sentence in Marathi — “माझं गेट शोधायला मला मदत कराल का?”
In “माझं गेट शोधायला मला मदत कराल का?” the purpose comes first (‘माझं गेट शोधायला’, to find my gate), then the request (‘मला मदत कराल का’, will you help me). ‘मदत’ (help) is a noun used with ‘कराल’ (will you do).
- माझं
- pronoun'my', neuter to agree with geṭ
- गेट
- noun'gate', from English
- शोधायला
- verbśodhṇe · form: purposive (-āylā) · 'to find, for finding'
- मला
- pronoun'me', the one needing help
- मदत
- noun'help' (noun); madat karṇe = to help
- कराल
- verbkarṇe · tense: future · person: 2nd, respectful · 'you will do'; a respectful request
- का
- particlesoftens the request
English × Marathi — What changes from one language to the other
English ‘help’ is a verb; Marathi uses noun plus verb, in reverse order.
Example conversation
— माझं गेट शोधायला मला मदत कराल का?
— Can you help me find my gate?
— नक्की, तुमचा बोर्डिंग पास दाखवाल का?
— Of course, may I see your boarding pass?