When to use it
Use it when something in your hotel room is broken and you want to know whom to tell.
“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” — The sentence in English
In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is verb plus noun.
- 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
- make
- verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- complaint
- nounnoun
- at
- prepositionpreposition of place
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- hotel
- nounnoun
“హోటల్కి ఫిర్యాదు ఎలా చేయాలి?” — The sentence in Telugu
In “హోటల్కి ఫిర్యాదు ఎలా చేయాలి?” ‘ఫిర్యాదు చేయు’ (do a complaint) is also noun plus verb. ‘హోటల్కి’ (to the hotel) comes first and the obligative ‘చేయాలి’ needs no subject.
- హోటల్కి
- nounhōṭal + -ki 'to'
- ఫిర్యాదు
- noun'complaint'
- ఎలా
- adverb'how'
- చేయాలి
- verbcēyu · form: obligative (-āli) · phiryādu cēyāli = how one should complain
English × Telugu: What changes from one language to the other
Both languages use noun plus verb; Telugu fronts the place and drops the subject.
Example conversation
— హోటల్కి ఫిర్యాదు ఎలా చేయాలి?
— How do I make a complaint at the hotel?
— ముందు రిసెప్షన్లో చెప్పండి.
— Tell reception first.