English → Tamil

“I'm looking for cheap underground parking.” in Tamil

English

I'm looking for cheap underground parking.

Tamil

மலிவான நிலத்தடி வாகன நிறுத்தத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.

⇄ தமிழ் → ஆங்கிலம்

When to use it

Use it when driving into a city centre and you want cheap basement parking.

The sentence in English (“I'm looking for cheap underground parking.”)

In “I'm looking for cheap underground parking.” two adjectives sit before ‘parking’.

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"
cheap
adjectiveadjective
underground
adjectiveadjective; below street level
parking
nounnoun

The sentence in Tamil (“மலிவான நிலத்தடி வாகன நிறுத்தத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.”)

In “மலிவான நிலத்தடி வாகன நிறுத்தத்தைத் தேடுகிறேன்.” the adjectives ‘மலிவான’ (cheap) and ‘நிலத்தடி’ (underground) also precede the noun, in the same order. ‘parking’ is ‘வாகன நிறுத்தம்’ (vehicle stop).

மலிவான
adjective'cheap'
நிலத்தடி
adjective'underground'
வாகன
noun'vehicle'; vākaṉa niṟuttam = parking
நிறுத்தத்தைத்
nounniṟuttam + object -ai + sandhi -t
தேடுகிறேன்
verbtēṭu · tense: present · person: 1st singular · searching while driving in town

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

Adjective order matches; the verb moves to the end in Tamil and drops ‘I’.

Example conversation

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