Translation and grammar: “He works at a hospital.” in Telugu

When to use it

Use it to say where someone you know works.

The sentence in English — “He works at a hospital.”

In “He works at a hospital.” ‘works’ takes ‘-s’ for the third person singular.

He

pronounpersonal pronoun, third person singular

works

verbwork · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · the -s marks the third person singular

at

prepositionpreposition of place

a

determinerindefinite article

hospital

nounnoun

The sentence in Telugu — “అతను ఒక ఆసుపత్రిలో పని చేస్తాడు.”

In “అతను ఒక ఆసుపత్రిలో పని చేస్తాడు.” the verb comes last and its ending ‘-డు’ marks a man; a woman would be ‘చేస్తుంది’. ‘లో’ in ‘ఆసుపత్రిలో’ means ‘at, in’.

అతను

pronoun'he', the everyday form

ఒక

numeral'one', like 'a'

ఆసుపత్రిలో

nounāsupatri + -lō 'in, at'

పని

noun'work'; pani cēyu = to work

చేస్తాడు

verbcēyu · tense: present-future · person: 3rd, masculine · 'he does'; cēstundi for a woman

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

English verbs change by person; Telugu verbs also change by gender.

Example conversation