When to use it
Use it in a town when you want to get around by bike.
“Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” — The sentence in English
In “Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” ‘rent’ is a verb and ‘in the city’ closes the sentence.
- 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
- rent
- verbrent · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- bicycle
- nounnoun; often shortened to "bike"
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- city
- nounnoun
“शहरात सायकल भाड्याने कुठे मिळेल?” — The sentence in Marathi
In “शहरात सायकल भाड्याने कुठे मिळेल?” there is no verb for ‘rent’: ‘भाड्याने मिळेल’ means ‘will be got on hire’. ‘शहरात’ (in the city) is one word.
- शहरात
- nounśahar + -āt 'in'
- सायकल
- noun'bicycle', from English 'cycle'
- भाड्याने
- adverb'on hire, for rent'
- कुठे
- adverb'where'
- मिळेल
- verbmiḷṇe · tense: future · person: third · bhāḍyāne miḷel = can be rented
English × Marathi: What changes from one language to the other
English has the verb ‘rent’; Marathi the phrase ‘भाड्याने मिळणे’, and ‘in the city’ is one word.
Example conversation
— शहरात सायकल भाड्याने कुठे मिळेल?
— Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?
— स्टेशनजवळ एक दुकान आहे.
— There's a shop near the station.