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“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” in Tamil

English

I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.

Tamil

ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை திறந்திருக்கும் மருந்தகத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.

⇄ தமிழ் → ஆங்கிலம்

When to use it

Use it on a Sunday when you need medicine and your usual shop is closed.

The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”)

In “I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” ‘open on Sunday’ follows the noun.

I'm
contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"
looking
verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now
for
prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"
a
determinerindefinite article
pharmacy
nounnoun
open
adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
on
prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
Sunday
proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter

The sentence in Tamil (“ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை திறந்திருக்கும் மருந்தகத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.”)

In “ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை திறந்திருக்கும் மருந்தகத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.” there is no ‘I’: the ending ‘-ஏன்’ of ‘தேடுகிறேன்’ (I am looking) marks the speaker. The description ‘ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை திறந்திருக்கும்’ (which is open on Sunday) comes before ‘மருந்தகம்’ (pharmacy).

ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை
noun'Sunday'
திறந்திருக்கும்
verbtiṟa · form: relative participle (-um) · 'which is open'; describes the pharmacy
மருந்தகத்தைத்
nounmaruntakam 'pharmacy' + object -ai + sandhi -t
தேடுகிறேன்
verbtēṭu · tense: present · person: 1st singular · 'I am looking for'; no 'I' needed

What changes from one language to the other (English × Tamil)

English puts the description after the noun and needs ‘I’; Tamil puts it before and drops ‘I’.

Example conversation

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