When to use it
Use it when plans change and you must cancel a booking.
The sentence in English (“How do I cancel a reservation?”)
In “How do I cancel a reservation?” ‘How’ leads and the question needs ‘do’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- cancel
- verbcancel · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do I"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- reservation
- nounnoun; in British English also "booking"
The sentence in Marathi (“मी आरक्षण कसं रद्द करू?”)
In “मी आरक्षण कसं रद्द करू?” ‘रद्द करणे’ (to cancel) is a compound of the adjective ‘रद्द’ (cancelled) and the verb ‘करू’ (shall I do). ‘कसं’ (how) sits just before it.
- मी
- pronoun'I', the one who booked
- आरक्षण
- noun'reservation'
- कसं
- adverb'how', before the verb
- रद्द
- adjective'cancelled'; with karṇe, to cancel
- करू
- verbkarṇe · form: subjunctive, 1st person · 'shall I do'; asks what to do
What changes from one language to the other (English × Marathi)
English has one verb, ‘cancel’; Marathi a two-word compound, with ‘how’ in the middle.
Example conversation
— मी आरक्षण कसं रद्द करू?
— How do I cancel a reservation?
— सहा वाजेपर्यंत अॅपमध्ये रद्द करता येईल.
— You can cancel it in the app until six.