“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” in Punjabi

When to use it

Use it when booking a holiday hotel and you want both a pool and internet.

The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.”)

In “I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” ‘with’ attaches the features after ‘hotel’.

I'm

contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"

looking

verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now

for

prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"

a

determinerindefinite article

hotel

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

a

determinerindefinite article

pool

nounnoun; a swimming pool

and

coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction

wifi

nounnoun

The sentence in Punjabi (“ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਵਿਮਿੰਗ ਪੂਲ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਈਫਾਈ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੋਟਲ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ।”)

In “ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਵਿਮਿੰਗ ਪੂਲ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਈਫਾਈ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੋਟਲ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ।” ‘ਵਾਲਾ’ (having) does the work of ‘with’, but comes after the features and before ‘ਹੋਟਲ’ (hotel). It is oblique ‘ਵਾਲੇ’ because ‘ਦੀ’ follows.

ਮੈਨੂੰ

pronoun'to me', the one choosing a hotel

ਸਵਿਮਿੰਗ

noun'swimming', from English

ਪੂਲ

noun'pool'

ਅਤੇ

coordinating conjunction'and'

ਵਾਈਫਾਈ

noun'wifi'

ਵਾਲੇ

preposition'having, with'; oblique ਵਾਲੇ before ਹੋਟਲ ਦੀ

ਹੋਟਲ

noun'hotel'

ਦੀ

prepositionਹੋਟਲ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ = a search for a hotel

ਭਾਲ

noun'search', here for the right hotel

ਹੈ

auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · ਭਾਲ ਹੈ, while planning a trip

What changes from one language to the other (English × Punjabi)

English lists the hotel first and its features after; Punjabi reverses the order and drops the articles.

Example conversation