When to use it
Use it when you arrive somewhere and want to know the usual way to get a taxi.
The sentence in English — “How do you get a taxi here?”
In “How do you get a taxi here?” ‘you’ is generic, ‘get a taxi’ means find one, and the question needs ‘do’.
- How
- adverbquestion word asking about the way or manner
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the question
- you
- pronounpersonal pronoun used for people in general
- get
- verbget · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · here it means "take" or "find"
- a
- determinerindefinite article
- taxi
- nounnoun
- here
- adverbadverb of place
The sentence in Urdu — “یہاں ٹیکسی کیسے ملتی ہے؟”
In “یہاں ٹیکسی کیسے ملتی ہے؟” the verb ملنا (to be found) has ‘ٹیکسی’ (taxi, feminine) as its subject, so it is ‘ملتی ہے’. The question is about the usual way, not a particular person.
- یہاں
- adverb'here'
- ٹیکسی
- nounfeminine noun 'taxi'
- کیسے
- adverbquestion adverb 'how'
- ملتی
- verbملنا · aspect: imperfective (general) · gender: feminine · number: singular · 'how is a taxi found', in general
- ہے
- auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · present
English × Urdu — What changes from one language to the other
English makes the person the subject; Urdu makes the taxi the subject, so the verb is feminine.
Example conversation
— یہاں ٹیکسی کیسے ملتی ہے؟
— How do you get a taxi here?
— زیادہ تر لوگ ایپ سے بک کرتے ہیں۔
— Most people book one with an app.