When to use it
Use it in an unfamiliar area to ask a local where to eat.
“Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” · The sentence in English
In “Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?” ‘I’ is the subject of ‘find’.
- Where
- adverbquestion word asking about place
- can
- auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission
- I
- pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter
- find
- verbfind · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after a modal or after "help me"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- good
- adjectiveadjective
- restaurant
- nounnoun
- nearby
- adjectiveadjective placed after the noun
“దగ్గర్లో మంచి రెస్టారెంట్ ఎక్కడ దొరుకుతుంది?” · The sentence in Telugu
In “దగ్గర్లో మంచి రెస్టారెంట్ ఎక్కడ దొరుకుతుంది?” there is no ‘I’: it asks where a good restaurant ‘దొరుకుతుంది’ (is found). ‘దగ్గర్లో’ (nearby) comes first.
- దగ్గర్లో
- adverbdaggara + -lō 'nearby'
- మంచి
- adjective'good'
- రెస్టారెంట్
- noun'restaurant'
- ఎక్కడ
- adverb'where'
- దొరుకుతుంది
- verbdoruku · tense: present-future · person: third · 'is found'; Telugu uses doruku for find
What changes from one language to the other · English × Telugu
English says ‘I find’; Telugu says the thing ‘is found’, with no article.
Example conversation
— దగ్గర్లో మంచి రెస్టారెంట్ ఎక్కడ దొరుకుతుంది?
— Where can I find a good restaurant nearby?
— బస్టాండ్ దగ్గర మీల్స్ హోటల్కి వెళ్ళండి.
— Try the meals hotel near the bus stand.