When to use it
Use it when you must write to a French-speaking office and ask the proper format.
The sentence in English: “How do you write a formal letter in French?”
In “How do you write a formal letter in French?” 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
- write
- verbwrite · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do you"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- formal
- adjectiveadjective
- letter
- nounnoun
- in
- prepositionpreposition
- French
- nounnoun; the name of the language, always capitalised
The sentence in Telugu: “ఫ్రెంచ్లో అధికారిక లేఖ ఎలా రాయాలి?”
In “ఫ్రెంచ్లో అధికారిక లేఖ ఎలా రాయాలి?” the language comes first, with ‘-లో’ for ‘in’. The obligative ‘రాయాలి’ (should be written) needs no subject.
- ఫ్రెంచ్లో
- proper noun'French' + -lō 'in'
- అధికారిక
- adjective'formal'
- లేఖ
- noun'letter'
- ఎలా
- adverb'how'
- రాయాలి
- verbrāyu · form: obligative (-āli) · 'should write'; how one should write
What changes from one language to the other: English × Telugu
English ends with ‘in French’ and needs ‘you’; Telugu fronts it and has no subject.
Example conversation
— ఫ్రెంచ్లో అధికారిక లేఖ ఎలా రాయాలి?
— How do you write a formal letter in French?
— “Madame, Monsieur”తో మొదలుపెట్టి క్లుప్తంగా రాయండి.
— Start with “Madame, Monsieur” and keep it short.