When to use it
Use it in a town when you want to get around by bike.
“Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” · The sentence in English
In “Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” ‘rent’ is a verb and ‘in the city’ closes the sentence.
- 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
- rent
- verbrent · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- bicycle
- nounnoun; often shortened to "bike"
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- city
- nounnoun
“நகரத்தில் சைக்கிள் எங்கே வாடகைக்குக் கிடைக்கும்?” · The sentence in Tamil
In “நகரத்தில் சைக்கிள் எங்கே வாடகைக்குக் கிடைக்கும்?” there is no verb for ‘rent’: ‘வாடகைக்குக் கிடைக்கும்’ means ‘is available for rent’. ‘நகரத்தில்’ (in the city) is one word.
- நகரத்தில்
- nounnakaram + -ttil 'in'
- சைக்கிள்
- noun'bicycle', from English cycle
- எங்கே
- adverb'where'
- வாடகைக்குக்
- nounvāṭakai 'rent' + -kku 'for' + sandhi -k
- கிடைக்கும்
- verbkiṭai · tense: future · person: third · vāṭakaikkuk kiṭaikkum = can be rented
What changes from one language to the other · English × Tamil
English has the verb ‘rent’; Tamil the phrase ‘is found for rent’, and ‘in the city’ is one word.
Example conversation
— நகரத்தில் சைக்கிள் எங்கே வாடகைக்குக் கிடைக்கும்?
— Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?
— நிலையம் அருகே ஒரு கடை இருக்கிறது.
— There's a shop near the station.