Translation and grammar: “How do you get to the central station from here?” in Urdu

When to use it

Use it to ask a local for directions from where you are to the main station.

The sentence in English — “How do you get to the central station from here?”

In “How do you get to the central station from here?” ‘you’ is generic, ‘get to’ means reach, ‘from here’ is last, 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") · "get to" means "arrive at"

to

prepositionpreposition of direction; "get to" means "arrive at"

the

determinerdefinite article

central

adjectiveadjective

station

nounnoun

from

prepositionpreposition

here

adverbadverb of place

The sentence in Urdu — “یہاں سے مرکزی اسٹیشن کیسے جاتے ہیں؟”

In “یہاں سے مرکزی اسٹیشن کیسے جاتے ہیں؟” there is no subject: the plural ‘جاتے ہیں’ (go) speaks of people in general, Urdu's way of saying generic ‘you’. ‘یہاں سے’ (from here) opens the sentence.

یہاں

adverb'here'

سے

prepositionpostposition 'from'

مرکزی

adjectiveadjective 'central'

اسٹیشن

nounnoun 'station', the destination, without a postposition

کیسے

adverbquestion adverb 'how'

جاتے

verbجانا · aspect: imperfective (general) · number: plural · subject: unstated, people in general · plural with no subject, like generic 'you'

ہیں

auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · number: plural · plural for a general statement

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

English uses generic ‘you’; Urdu drops the subject and uses a plural verb. ‘from here’ moves from the end in English to the start in Urdu.

Example conversation