English → Punjabi

Translation and grammar: “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” in Punjabi

English

I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.

Punjabi

ਮੈਨੂੰ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੀ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ।

⇄ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ → ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ

When to use it

Use it on a Sunday when you need medicine and your usual chemist is shut.

The sentence in English — “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”

In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” the description ‘open on Sunday’ follows the noun.

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
pharmacy
nounnoun
open
adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
on
prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
Sunday
proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter

The sentence in Punjabi — “ਮੈਨੂੰ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੀ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ।”

In “ਮੈਨੂੰ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੀ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ।” ‘ਮੈਨੂੰ … ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ’ (to me there is a search for) gives ‘I'm looking for’ without any gender. The whole description ‘ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੀ’ (open on Sunday) goes before ‘ਦੁਕਾਨ’ (shop).

ਮੈਨੂੰ
pronounwith ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ: I'm looking for
ਐਤਵਾਰ
proper noun'Sunday', when many shops shut
ਨੂੰ
preposition'on', with the day
ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹੀ
adjective'open', feminine for ਦੁਕਾਨ
ਦਵਾਈਆਂ
nounplural of ਦਵਾਈ 'medicine'
ਦੀ
prepositionਦਵਾਈਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ = pharmacy
ਦੁਕਾਨ
nounfeminine 'shop'
ਦੀ
prepositionsecond ਦੀ, feminine for ਭਾਲ
ਭਾਲ
nounfeminine 'search'; ਦੀ ਭਾਲ ਹੈ = am looking for
ਹੈ
auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · ਭਾਲ ਹੈ: the search is on now

English × Punjabi — What changes from one language to the other

English puts the description after the noun; Punjabi before it, and says ‘shop of medicines’.

Example conversation

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