“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in Tamil

When to use it

Use it when calling a clinic or telling someone you must see the dentist.

The sentence in English: “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.”

In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘an’ precedes the vowel.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

The sentence in Tamil: “நான் பல் மருத்துவரிடம் சந்திப்பு நேரம் வாங்க வேண்டும்.”

In “நான் பல் மருத்துவரிடம் சந்திப்பு நேரம் வாங்க வேண்டும்.” necessity comes last, in ‘வேண்டும்’ (must). You ‘get’ (வாங்கு) a meeting time, and a dentist is ‘பல் மருத்துவர்’ (tooth doctor).

நான்

pronoun'I'

பல்

noun'tooth'; pal maruttuvar = dentist

மருத்துவரிடம்

nounmaruttuvar + -iṭam 'with, from'

சந்திப்பு

noun'meeting'

நேரம்

nouncantippu nēram = appointment

வாங்க

verbvāṅku · form: infinitive (-a) · 'to get, take'

வேண்டும்

auxiliary verbvēṇṭu · form: obligative · vāṅka vēṇṭum = need to get

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

English ‘makes’ an appointment, Tamil ‘gets’ one, and the dentist takes two words.

Example conversation