“Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” in Telugu

When to use it

Use it in a town when you want to get around by bike.

The sentence in English (“Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?”)

In “Where can I rent a bicycle in the city?” ‘rent’ is a verb and ‘in the city’ closes the sentence.

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

rent

verbrent · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"

a

determinerindefinite article

bicycle

nounnoun; often shortened to "bike"

in

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

city

nounnoun

The sentence in Telugu (“నగరంలో సైకిల్ ఎక్కడ అద్దెకు దొరుకుతుంది?”)

In “నగరంలో సైకిల్ ఎక్కడ అద్దెకు దొరుకుతుంది?” there is no verb for ‘rent’: ‘అద్దెకు దొరుకుతుంది’ means ‘is available for rent’. ‘నగరంలో’ (in the city) is one word.

నగరంలో

nounnagaraṁ + -lō 'in'

సైకిల్

noun'bicycle', from English cycle

ఎక్కడ

adverb'where'

అద్దెకు

nounadde 'rent' + -ku 'for'

దొరుకుతుంది

verbdoruku · tense: present-future · person: third · addeku dorukutundi = can be rented

What changes from one language to the other (English × Telugu)

English has the verb ‘rent’; Telugu the phrase ‘for rent is found’, and ‘in the city’ is one word.

Example conversation