When to use it
Use it at a ticket counter when you only need a single, not a return.
The sentence in English — “I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.”
In “I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.” ‘would like’ is polite and ‘one-way’ is a hyphenated adjective.
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- would
- auxiliary verbwill · form: conditional · with "like" it makes a polite request
- like
- verblike · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "would like" means "want", said politely
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- one-way
- adjectivecompound adjective; a ticket only for going, not for coming back
- ticket
- nounnoun
- to
- prepositionpreposition of direction
- Naples
- proper nounproper noun; the English name of Napoli
The sentence in Telugu — “నాకు నేపుల్స్కి ఒక వైపు టికెట్ కావాలి.”
In “నాకు నేపుల్స్కి ఒక వైపు టికెట్ కావాలి.” ‘ఒక వైపు’ (one side) is a one-way ticket, and ‘నాకు… కావాలి’ (to me is needed) means I want. ‘నేపుల్స్కి’ (to Naples) comes early.
- నాకు
- pronoun'to me'; nāku… kāvāli = I want
- నేపుల్స్కి
- proper noun'Naples' + -ki 'to'
- ఒక
- numeral'one'; oka vaipu = one way
- వైపు
- noun'side, direction'
- టికెట్
- noun'ticket'
- కావాలి
- verbkāvale · form: desiderative · 'is wanted', with nāku
English × Telugu — What changes from one language to the other
English makes ‘I’ the subject; Telugu makes the speaker the receiver, and fronts the destination.
Example conversation
— నాకు నేపుల్స్కి ఒక వైపు టికెట్ కావాలి.
— I would like a one-way ticket to Naples.
— ఏ తేదీకి?
— For which date?