When to use it
Use it when plans change and you must cancel a booking.
The sentence in English: “How do I cancel a reservation?”
In “How do I cancel a reservation?” ‘How’ leads and the question needs ‘do’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- cancel
- verbcancel · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do I"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- reservation
- nounnoun; in British English also "booking"
The sentence in Tamil: “முன்பதிவை எப்படி ரத்து செய்வது?”
In “முன்பதிவை எப்படி ரத்து செய்வது?” there is no subject: the verbal noun ‘செய்வது’ asks how it is done. ‘ரத்து செய்’ (make cancellation) is noun plus verb, and ‘-ஐ’ marks the object.
- முன்பதிவை
- nounmunpativu 'reservation' + object -ai
- எப்படி
- adverb'how'
- ரத்து
- noun'cancellation'; rattu cey = cancel
- செய்வது
- verbcey · form: verbal noun (-vatu) · 'doing'; how one does it, no subject
What changes from one language to the other: English × Tamil
English has one verb and needs ‘I’; Tamil uses noun plus verb and no subject.
Example conversation
— முன்பதிவை எப்படி ரத்து செய்வது?
— How do I cancel a reservation?
— ஆறு மணி வரை செயலியில் ரத்து செய்யலாம்.
— You can cancel in the app until six.