When to use it
Use it before a weekend shop when you are unsure the supermarket opens.
The sentence in English (“Is the supermarket open on Sundays?”)
In “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?” ‘Is’ moves to the front and plural ‘Sundays’ means every Sunday.
- Is
- verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; it moves to the front to make the question
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- supermarket
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sundays
- nounplural noun; days of the week take a capital letter
The sentence in Marathi (“सुपरमार्केट रविवारी उघडं असतं का?”)
In “सुपरमार्केट रविवारी उघडं असतं का?” the habitual ‘असतं’ (usually is) shows a regular fact, and the suffix ‘-ई’ in ‘रविवारी’ means ‘on’. ‘उघडं’ (open) is neuter to agree with ‘सुपरमार्केट’.
- सुपरमार्केट
- noun'supermarket', from English, neuter
- रविवारी
- noun'on Sunday'
- उघडं
- adjective'open', neuter, agreeing with supermārkeṭ
- असतं
- verbasṇe · tense: habitual present · 'usually is'; a regular fact
- का
- particlequestion particle
What changes from one language to the other (English × Marathi)
English shows the habit with plural ‘Sundays’; Marathi with the verb form ‘असतं’, and the adjective agrees in gender.
Example conversation
— सुपरमार्केट रविवारी उघडं असतं का?
— Is the supermarket open on Sundays?
— हो, पण फक्त आठ वाजेपर्यंत.
— Yes, but only until eight.