“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” in Urdu

When to use it

Use it at a hotel when something is wrong and you want to report it formally.

The sentence in English (“How do I make a complaint at the hotel?”)

In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is a fixed expression, the question needs ‘do’, and the place comes last.

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

make

verbmake · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · "make an appointment" and "make a complaint" are fixed expressions

a

determinerindefinite article

complaint

nounnoun

at

prepositionpreposition of place

the

determinerdefinite article

hotel

nounnoun

The sentence in Urdu (“میں ہوٹل میں شکایت کیسے درج کروں؟”)

In “میں ہوٹل میں شکایت کیسے درج کروں؟” the word ‘میں’ appears twice: first the pronoun ‘I’, then the postposition ‘in/at’. ‘شکایت درج کرنا’ is the formal ‘to file a complaint’, and the subjunctive ‘کروں’ asks for advice.

میں

pronounpronoun 'I'; the next میں is a postposition

ہوٹل

nounmasculine noun 'hotel'

میں

prepositionpostposition 'at/in', unlike the first میں (I)

شکایت

nounfeminine noun 'complaint'

کیسے

adverbquestion adverb 'how'

درج

adjective'recorded'; درج کرنا = 'to file'

کروں

verbکرنا · mood: subjunctive · person: 1st · number: singular · asks for advice: 'how should I'

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

English has two words, ‘I’ and ‘in’; Urdu writes both as ‘میں’ and the position tells them apart.

Example conversation