“Can I pay in cash or only by card?” in Telugu

When to use it

Use it before paying in a shop or café, when you are unsure cash is taken.

The sentence in English: “Can I pay in cash or only by card?”

In “Can I pay in cash or only by card?” two prepositions are used, ‘in’ and ‘by’.

Can

auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

pay

verbpay · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"

in

prepositionpreposition

cash

noununcountable noun; money in notes and coins

or

coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction

only

adverbadverb

by

prepositionpreposition

card

nounnoun; a bank card

The sentence in Telugu: “నేను నగదుతో చెల్లించవచ్చా, లేక కార్డుతో మాత్రమేనా?”

In “నేను నగదుతో చెల్లించవచ్చా, లేక కార్డుతో మాత్రమేనా?” one suffix, ‘-తో’, does the work of both ‘in’ and ‘by’: ‘నగదుతో’ (in cash), ‘కార్డుతో’ (by card). The second question is the ‘ఆ’ of ‘మాత్రమేనా’ (only?).

నేను

pronoun'I', the payer

నగదుతో

nounnagadu 'cash' + -tō 'with'

చెల్లించవచ్చా

verbcellincu · form: permissive, question · 'pay' + vaccā: may I pay?

లేక

coordinating conjunction'or'

కార్డుతో

nounkārḍu + -tō 'by'

మాత్రమేనా

adverbmātramē 'only' + ā (question)

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

English uses two prepositions; Telugu one suffix, with ‘only’ after the noun.

Example conversation