When to use it
Use it when you must write to a French-speaking office and ask the proper format.
“How do you write a formal letter in French?” · The sentence in English
In “How do you write a formal letter in French?” generic ‘you’ and ‘do’ are needed.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general
- write
- verbwrite · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do you"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- formal
- adjectiveadjective
- letter
- nounnoun
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- French
- nounnoun; the name of the language, always capitalised
“फ्रेंचमध्ये औपचारिक पत्र कसं लिहायचं?” · The sentence in Marathi
In “फ्रेंचमध्ये औपचारिक पत्र कसं लिहायचं?” the language comes first, with ‘-मध्ये’ for ‘in’. ‘लिहायचं’ (to be written) needs no subject.
- फ्रेंचमध्ये
- proper noun'French' + -madhye 'in'
- औपचारिक
- adjective'formal'
- पत्र
- noun'letter'
- कसं
- adverb'how', neuter for patra
- लिहायचं
- verblihiṇe · form: intentive (-āycã) · 'to write', how one should write
What changes from one language to the other · English × Marathi
English puts ‘in French’ last and needs ‘you’; Marathi fronts ‘फ्रेंचमध्ये’ and has no subject.
Example conversation
— फ्रेंचमध्ये औपचारिक पत्र कसं लिहायचं?
— How do you write a formal letter in French?
— “Madame, Monsieur” ने सुरुवात करा आणि थोडक्यात लिहा.
— Start with “Madame, Monsieur” and keep it short.