“How can I get a refund?” in Marathi

When to use it

Use it when something you bought is faulty or a service was cancelled.

The sentence in English (“How can I get a refund?”)

In “How can I get a refund?” ‘can’ expresses ability and ‘refund’ is a noun.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

can

auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

get

verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · here it means "obtain"

a

determinerindefinite article

refund

nounnoun; money given back

The sentence in Marathi (“मला पैसे परत कसे मिळतील?”)

In “मला पैसे परत कसे मिळतील?” there is no single word for refund: Marathi says ‘पैसे परत मिळतील’ (money back will come). ‘कसे’ (how) is plural to agree with ‘पैसे’.

मला

pronoun'to me', the receiver

पैसे

noun'money', plural

परत

adverb'back'; paise parat = refund

कसे

adverb'how', plural with paise

मिळतील

verbmiḷṇe · tense: future · number: plural · 'will be got back'

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

English uses the noun ‘refund’ with ‘I’ as subject; Marathi makes the money the subject.

Example conversation