“He works at a hospital.” in Marathi

When to use it

Use it to say where someone you know works.

The sentence in English (“He works at a hospital.”)

In “He works at a hospital.” ‘works’ takes ‘-s’ for the third person singular.

He

pronounpersonal pronoun, third person singular

works

verbwork · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · the -s marks the third person singular

at

prepositionpreposition of place

a

determinerindefinite article

hospital

nounnoun

The sentence in Marathi (“तो एका रुग्णालयात काम करतो.”)

In “तो एका रुग्णालयात काम करतो.” the verb comes last, and ‘करतो’ is the masculine form; a woman would be ‘ती… करते’. The suffix ‘-ात’ on ‘रुग्णालयात’ means ‘at’.

तो

pronoun'he' (masculine)

एका

numeral'one' in oblique form, like 'a'

रुग्णालयात

nounrugṇālay 'hospital' + locative -āt

काम

noun'work'; kām karṇe = to work

करतो

verbkarṇe · tense: present · gender: masculine · 'does'; karte for a woman

What changes from one language to the other (English × Marathi)

English verbs change by person; Marathi verbs also change by gender.

Example conversation