When to use it
Use it before weekend shopping, when you are not sure the shop opens on Sunday.
“Is the supermarket open on Sundays?” — The sentence in English
In “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?” ‘open’ is an adjective and the plural ‘Sundays’ means every Sunday.
- Is
- verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; it moves to the front to make the question
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- supermarket
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sundays
- nounplural noun; days of the week take a capital letter
“ਕੀ ਸੁਪਰਮਾਰਕੀਟ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ?” — The sentence in Punjabi
In “ਕੀ ਸੁਪਰਮਾਰਕੀਟ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ?” the habitual verb ‘ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ’ (opens) covers every Sunday, and ‘ਨੂੰ’ after ‘ਐਤਵਾਰ’ (Sunday) does the job of ‘on’.
- ਕੀ
- particlequestion marker, about opening hours
- ਸੁਪਰਮਾਰਕੀਟ
- noun'supermarket', treated as masculine
- ਐਤਵਾਰ
- proper noun'Sunday'
- ਨੂੰ
- prepositionwith a day, ਨੂੰ means 'on'
- ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਦਾ
- verbਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਣਾ · tense: present habitual · form: masculine singular · 'opens'; habitual, so every Sunday
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · person: 3rd · ends the habitual present question
English × Punjabi: What changes from one language to the other
English shows the habit with plural ‘Sundays’; Punjabi with the habitual verb.
Example conversation
— ਕੀ ਸੁਪਰਮਾਰਕੀਟ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਦਾ ਹੈ?
— Is the supermarket open on Sundays?
— ਹਾਂ, ਨੌਂ ਤੋਂ ਦੋ ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ।
— Yes, from nine to two.