“I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.” in Marathi: “मला पारंपरिक पदार्थ बनवायला शिकायचं आहे.”

When to use it

Use it when joining a cooking class or asking a grandmother to teach family recipes.

“I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.” — The sentence in English

In “I want to learn to cook traditional dishes.” each extra verb takes ‘to’, in the order want–learn–cook.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

want

verbwant · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

learn

verblearn · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

cook

verbcook · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "to"

traditional

adjectiveadjective

dishes

nounplural noun; prepared food

“मला पारंपरिक पदार्थ बनवायला शिकायचं आहे.” — The sentence in Marathi

In “मला पारंपरिक पदार्थ बनवायला शिकायचं आहे.” there is no separate ‘want’: the wish is the construction ‘मला… शिकायचं आहे’ (to me it is to learn). The verbs come last, in reverse order: ‘बनवायला’ (to make) then ‘शिकायचं’ (to learn).

मला

pronoun'to me'; the wish is phrased 'to me it is to learn'

पारंपरिक

adjective'traditional'

पदार्थ

noun'dish(es)'; same form in the plural

बनवायला

verbbanavṇe · form: purposive (-āylā) · 'to make', for making

शिकायचं

verbśikṇe · form: intentive (-āycã) · 'to learn', as an intention

आहे

auxiliary verbasṇe · tense: present · shows the wish is current

English × Marathi: What changes from one language to the other

English links verbs with ‘to’; Marathi with suffixes, in mirror order.

Example conversation