When to use it
Use it when something in your hotel room is broken and you don't know whom to tell.
“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” · The sentence in English
In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is verb plus noun, after ‘How do I’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- make
- verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- complaint
- nounnoun
- at
- prepositionpreposition of place
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- hotel
- nounnoun
“ਹੋਟਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਕਰੀਦੀ ਹੈ?” · The sentence in Punjabi
In “ਹੋਟਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਕਰੀਦੀ ਹੈ?” the impersonal ‘ਕਰੀਦੀ ਹੈ’ (one makes) asks the proper procedure without saying ‘I’, and turns feminine for ‘ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ’ (complaint).
- ਹੋਟਲ
- noun'hotel', where the complaint is made
- ਵਿੱਚ
- preposition'in, at'
- ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ
- nounfeminine 'complaint'
- ਕਿਵੇਂ
- adverb'how', the proper way
- ਕਰੀਦੀ
- verbਕਰਨਾ · form: impersonal, feminine · 'one makes', feminine for ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · ਹੈ asking the general procedure
What changes from one language to the other · English × Punjabi
English asks with ‘I’; Punjabi with an impersonal verb, and you ‘do’ a complaint.
Example conversation
— ਹੋਟਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਕਰੀਦੀ ਹੈ?
— How do I make a complaint at the hotel?
— ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਰਿਸੈਪਸ਼ਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਦੱਸੋ।
— Tell reception first.