When to use it
Use it before a weekend shop when you are unsure the supermarket opens.
The sentence in English — “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?”
In “Is the supermarket open on Sundays?” ‘Is’ moves to the front and plural ‘Sundays’ means every Sunday.
- Is
- verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; it moves to the front to make the question
- the
- determinerdefinite article
- supermarket
- nounnoun
- open
- adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"
- on
- prepositionpreposition used with days of the week
- Sundays
- nounplural noun; days of the week take a capital letter
The sentence in Telugu — “సూపర్ మార్కెట్ ఆదివారం తెరిచి ఉంటుందా?”
In “సూపర్ మార్కెట్ ఆదివారం తెరిచి ఉంటుందా?” the habitual ‘ఉంటుంది’ (usually is) plus the question ‘ఆ’ asks about the regular rule. ‘ఆదివారం’ (Sunday) needs no preposition.
- సూపర్
- nounpart of sūpar mārkeṭ, from English
- మార్కెట్
- nounsūpar mārkeṭ = supermarket
- ఆదివారం
- noun'Sunday'; means 'on Sunday' with no ending
- తెరిచి
- verbterucu · form: conjunctive (-i) · tericci uṇḍu = stay open
- ఉంటుందా
- verbuṇḍu · tense: habitual present-future · 'usually is' + ā (question)
English × Telugu — What changes from one language to the other
English shows the habit with plural ‘Sundays’; Telugu with the verb form, and ‘open’ is a verb phrase.
Example conversation
— సూపర్ మార్కెట్ ఆదివారం తెరిచి ఉంటుందా?
— Is the supermarket open on Sundays?
— అవును, కానీ ఎనిమిది వరకే.
— Yes, but only until eight.