When to use it
Use it when plans change and you must cancel a booking.
The sentence in English — “How do I cancel a reservation?”
In “How do I cancel a reservation?” ‘How’ leads and the question needs ‘do’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- cancel
- verbcancel · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do I"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- reservation
- nounnoun; in British English also "booking"
The sentence in Telugu — “బుకింగ్ ఎలా రద్దు చేయాలి?”
In “బుకింగ్ ఎలా రద్దు చేయాలి?” there is no subject: the obligative ‘చేయాలి’ (should be done) asks how one cancels. ‘రద్దు చేయు’ (make cancellation) is noun plus verb.
- బుకింగ్
- noun'booking', from English
- ఎలా
- adverb'how'
- రద్దు
- noun'cancellation'; raddu cēyu = to cancel
- చేయాలి
- verbcēyu · form: obligative (-āli) · 'should be done'; how one should cancel
English × Telugu — What changes from one language to the other
English has one verb, ‘cancel’, and needs ‘I’; Telugu uses noun plus verb and no subject.
Example conversation
— బుకింగ్ ఎలా రద్దు చేయాలి?
— How do I cancel a reservation?
— ఆరు గంటల వరకు యాప్లో రద్దు చేయొచ్చు.
— You can cancel in the app until six.