When to use it
Use it in an unfamiliar area to ask a local where to eat.
The sentence in English — “Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?”
In “Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” ‘I’ is the subject of ‘find’.
- Where
- adverbquestion word asking about place
- can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- find
- verbfind · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after a modal or after "help me"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- good
- adjectiveadjective
- restaurant
- nounnoun
- nearby
- adjectiveadjective placed after the noun
The sentence in Marathi — “इथे जवळपास एखादं चांगलं रेस्टॉरंट कुठे मिळेल?”
In “इथे जवळपास एखादं चांगलं रेस्टॉरंट कुठे मिळेल?” there is no ‘I’: it asks where a restaurant ‘मिळेल’ (will be got). ‘एखादं’ means ‘some, any one’.
- इथे
- adverb'here'
- जवळपास
- adverb'nearby, around'
- एखादं
- determiner'some, a (any one)'
- चांगलं
- adjective'good', neuter
- रेस्टॉरंट
- noun'restaurant', from English
- कुठे
- adverb'where'
- मिळेल
- verbmiḷṇe · tense: future · person: third · 'will be found'; Marathi uses miḷṇe for find
English × Marathi — What changes from one language to the other
English says ‘I find’; Marathi says the thing ‘is got’ (मिळेल), and English ‘a’ becomes ‘एखादं’.
Example conversation
— इथे जवळपास एखादं चांगलं रेस्टॉरंट कुठे मिळेल?
— Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?
— चौकाजवळच्या थाळीच्या हॉटेलमध्ये जा.
— Try the thali place near the square.