When to use it
Use it when you want a bike for a few hours to look around town.
The sentence in English: “Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?”
In “Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” ‘rent’ is a single verb and ‘in the city’ comes last.
- Where
- adverbquestion word asking about place
- can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- rent
- verbrent · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- bicycle
- nounnoun; often shortened to "bike"
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- city
- nounnoun
The sentence in Punjabi: “ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਈਕਲ ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ?”
In “ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਈਕਲ ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ?” ‘ਸਾਈਕਲ’ (bicycle) is feminine, so the verb is ‘ਸਕਦੀ’. Renting is ‘ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ ਮਿਲਣਾ’ (to be had on rent), and Punjabi asks ‘ਕਿੱਥੋਂ’ (from where).
- ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
- nounmasculine 'city'
- ਵਿੱਚ
- preposition'in', after ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
- ਸਾਈਕਲ
- nounfeminine 'bicycle'
- ਕਿਰਾਏ
- noun'rent', oblique; ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ = for hire
- ਉੱਤੇ
- preposition'on'; ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ = on rent
- ਕਿੱਥੋਂ
- adverb'from where'
- ਮਿਲ
- verbਮਿਲਣਾ · form: stem · 'be had'; the bike becomes the subject
- ਸਕਦੀ
- auxiliary verbਸਕਣਾ · form: feminine singular · feminine because ਸਾਈਕਲ is feminine
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · number: singular · 'is', for one bicycle
What changes from one language to the other: English × Punjabi
English nouns have no gender; in Punjabi the bicycle is feminine, and renting takes three words.
Example conversation
— ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਈਕਲ ਕਿਰਾਏ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਮਿਲ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ?
— Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?
— ਘੰਟਾ ਘਰ ਕੋਲ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਟੈਂਡ ਉੱਤੇ।
— At the stand by the clock tower.