When to use it
Use it in a new city when you don't know whether to hail a taxi or book one by app.
The sentence in English: “How do you get a taxi here?”
In “How do you get a taxi here?” generic ‘you’ means anyone and ‘get a taxi’ is everyday speech.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general
- get
- verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · here it means "take" or "find"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- taxi
- nounnoun
- here
- adverbadverb of place
The sentence in Punjabi: “ਇੱਥੇ ਟੈਕਸੀ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ?”
In “ਇੱਥੇ ਟੈਕਸੀ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ?” the subject is ‘ਟੈਕਸੀ’ (taxi), feminine, so the verb is ‘ਮਿਲਦੀ’ (is got). The habitual present asks how it is usually done: hailing, an app, or a rank.
- ਇੱਥੇ
- adverb'here', in this town
- ਟੈਕਸੀ
- nounfeminine 'taxi'
- ਕਿਵੇਂ
- adverb'how', asking for the usual way
- ਮਿਲਦੀ
- verbਮਿਲਣਾ · tense: present habitual · form: feminine singular · 'is got', the usual way, agreeing with ਟੈਕਸੀ
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · person: 3rd · closes a question about the usual practice
What changes from one language to the other: English × Punjabi
English asks how you get one; Punjabi asks how a taxi is got, with a feminine taxi.
Example conversation
— ਇੱਥੇ ਟੈਕਸੀ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ?
— How do you get a taxi here?
— ਇੱਥੇ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਲੋਕ ਐਪ ਵਰਤਦੇ ਹਨ।
— Most people use an app here.