When to use it
Use it in an unfamiliar area to ask a local where to eat.
“Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” — The sentence in English
In “Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” ‘I’ is the subject of ‘find’.
- Where
- adverbquestion word asking about place
- can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- find
- verbfind · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after a modal or after "help me"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- good
- adjectiveadjective
- restaurant
- nounnoun
- nearby
- adjectiveadjective placed after the noun
“அருகில் நல்ல உணவகம் எங்கே கிடைக்கும்?” — The sentence in Tamil
In “அருகில் நல்ல உணவகம் எங்கே கிடைக்கும்?” there is no ‘I’: it asks where a good restaurant ‘கிடைக்கும்’ (will be found). ‘அருகில்’ (nearby) comes first.
- அருகில்
- adverb'nearby'
- நல்ல
- adjective'good'
- உணவகம்
- noun'restaurant', the native Tamil word
- எங்கே
- adverb'where'
- கிடைக்கும்
- verbkiṭai · tense: future · person: third · 'will be found'; Tamil uses kiṭai for find
English × Tamil: What changes from one language to the other
English says ‘I find’; Tamil says the thing ‘is found’, with no article.
Example conversation
— அருகில் நல்ல உணவகம் எங்கே கிடைக்கும்?
— Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?
— பேருந்து நிலையம் அருகே உள்ள மெஸ்ஸுக்குப் போங்கள்.
— Try the mess near the bus stand.