English → Tamil

Translation and grammar: “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” in Tamil

English

How do I make a complaint at the hotel?

Tamil

ஹோட்டலில் எப்படிப் புகார் செய்வது?

⇄ தமிழ் → ஆங்கிலம்

When to use it

Use it when something in your hotel room is broken and you want to know whom to tell.

The sentence in English — “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?”

In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is verb plus noun.

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
make
verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions
a
determinerindefinite article
complaint
nounnoun
at
prepositionpreposition of place
the
determinerdefinite article
hotel
nounnoun

The sentence in Tamil — “ஹோட்டலில் எப்படிப் புகார் செய்வது?”

In “ஹோட்டலில் எப்படிப் புகார் செய்வது?” ‘புகார் செய்’ (do a complaint) is also noun plus verb. ‘ஹோட்டலில்’ (at the hotel) comes first, and the verbal noun ‘செய்வது’ needs no subject.

ஹோட்டலில்
nounhōṭṭal + -il 'at'
எப்படிப்
adverbeppaṭi 'how' + sandhi -p
புகார்
noun'complaint'
செய்வது
verbcey · form: verbal noun (-vatu) · pukār ceyvatu = making a complaint, no subject

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

Both languages use noun plus verb; Tamil fronts the place and drops the subject.

Example conversation

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