“How do you get to the central station from here?” in Tamil (English × Tamil)

When to use it

Use it to ask the way to the main station in town.

“How do you get to the central station from here?” · The sentence in English

In “How do you get to the central station from here?” generic ‘you’ and ‘do’ are needed.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question

you

pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general

get

verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "get to" means "arrive at"

to

prepositionpreposition of direction; "get to" means "arrive at"

the

determinerdefinite article

central

adjectiveadjective

station

nounnoun

from

prepositionpreposition

here

adverbadverb of place

“இங்கிருந்து மத்திய நிலையத்துக்கு எப்படிப் போவது?” · The sentence in Tamil

In “இங்கிருந்து மத்திய நிலையத்துக்கு எப்படிப் போவது?” ‘from’ and ‘to’ are both suffixes: ‘இங்கிருந்து’ (from here), ‘நிலையத்துக்கு’ (to the station). The verbal noun ‘போவது’ (going) asks without a subject.

இங்கிருந்து

adverbiṅku 'here' + iruntu 'from'

மத்திய

adjective'central'

நிலையத்துக்கு

nounnilaiyam + -ttukku 'to'

எப்படிப்

adverbeppaṭi 'how' + sandhi -p

போவது

verbpō · form: verbal noun (-vatu) · 'going'; how one goes

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

English ends with ‘from here’ and needs ‘you’; Tamil starts with it and has no subject.

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