When to use it
Use it when calling a clinic or telling someone you must see the dentist.
The sentence in English — “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.”
In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘an’ precedes the vowel.
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- need
- verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb
- to
- particleinfinitive marker before the verb
- make
- verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions
- an
- determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound
- appointment
- nounnoun
- with
- prepositionpreposition
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- dentist
- nounnoun
The sentence in Telugu — “నేను దంత వైద్యుడితో అపాయింట్మెంట్ తీసుకోవాలి.”
In “నేను దంత వైద్యుడితో అపాయింట్మెంట్ తీసుకోవాలి.” there is no separate ‘need’: the obligative ‘తీసుకోవాలి’ (must take) carries it. You ‘take’ an appointment, and ‘-తో’ means ‘with’.
- నేను
- pronoun'I'
- దంత
- noun'of teeth'; danta vaidyuḍu = dentist
- వైద్యుడితో
- nounvaidyuḍu 'doctor' + -tō 'with'
- అపాయింట్మెంట్
- noun'appointment', from English
- తీసుకోవాలి
- verbtīsukonu · form: obligative (-āli) · 'need to take'
English × Telugu — What changes from one language to the other
English ‘makes’ an appointment, Telugu ‘takes’ one, and the necessity is in the verb ending.
Example conversation
— నేను దంత వైద్యుడితో అపాయింట్మెంట్ తీసుకోవాలి.
— I need to make an appointment with the dentist.
— శుక్రవారం పది గంటలకు సరేనా?
— Is Friday at ten all right?