“How do you get to the central station from here?” in Telugu

When to use it

Use it to ask the way to the main station in town.

The sentence in English (“How do you get to the central station from here?”)

In “How do you get to the central station from here?” generic ‘you’ and ‘do’ are needed.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question

you

pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general

get

verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "get to" means "arrive at"

to

prepositionpreposition of direction; "get to" means "arrive at"

the

determinerdefinite article

central

adjectiveadjective

station

nounnoun

from

prepositionpreposition

here

adverbadverb of place

The sentence in Telugu (“ఇక్కడి నుంచి సెంట్రల్ స్టేషన్‌కి ఎలా వెళ్ళాలి?”)

In “ఇక్కడి నుంచి సెంట్రల్ స్టేషన్‌కి ఎలా వెళ్ళాలి?” there is no subject: the obligative ‘వెళ్ళాలి’ asks how one should go. ‘నుంచి’ (from) is a separate word, while ‘-కి’ (to) is attached to the noun.

ఇక్కడి

adverboblique of ikkaḍa, before nuñci

నుంచి

preposition'from'

సెంట్రల్

adjective'central', from English

స్టేషన్‌కి

nounsṭēṣan + -ki 'to'

ఎలా

adverb'how'

వెళ్ళాలి

verbveḷḷu · form: obligative (-āli) · 'should go'; how one should go

What changes from one language to the other (English × Telugu)

English ends with ‘from here’ and needs ‘you’; Telugu starts with ‘ఇక్కడి నుంచి’ and has no subject.

Example conversation