“How do I cancel a reservation?” in Urdu (English × Urdu)

When to use it

Use it on the phone or at a counter when you need to cancel a hotel, train or restaurant booking.

“How do I cancel a reservation?” · The sentence in English

In “How do I cancel a reservation?” ‘How’ comes first, the question needs ‘do’, and ‘cancel’ stays in its base form.

How

adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner

do

auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

cancel

verbcancel · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "do I"

a

determinerindefinite article

reservation

nounnoun; in British English also "booking"

“میں بکنگ کیسے منسوخ کروں؟” · The sentence in Urdu

In “میں بکنگ کیسے منسوخ کروں؟” the verb ‘منسوخ کروں’ is a subjunctive of منسوخ کرنا (to cancel), close to ‘how should I cancel?’. The object ‘بکنگ’ (booking) comes before the verb.

میں

pronounpronoun 'I'

بکنگ

nounfeminine noun from English 'booking'

کیسے

adverbquestion adverb 'how'

منسوخ

adjective'cancelled'; منسوخ کرنا = 'to cancel'

کروں

verbکرنا · mood: subjunctive · person: 1st · number: singular · 'how should I do'

What changes from one language to the other · English × Urdu

English needs ‘do’; Urdu uses ‘کیسے’ (how) and the subjunctive. One English verb, ‘cancel’, is the pair ‘منسوخ کرنا’.

Example conversation