When to use it
Use it when you drive into a city and want an inexpensive underground car park.
“I'm looking for cheap underground parking.” — The sentence in English
In “I'm looking for cheap underground parking.” two adjectives precede the noun, and ‘parking’ is uncountable.
- I'm
- contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"
- looking
- verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now
- for
- prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"
- cheap
- adjectiveadjective
- underground
- adjectiveadjective; below street level
- parking
- nounnoun
“مجھے سستی زیر زمین پارکنگ چاہیے۔” — The sentence in Urdu
In “مجھے سستی زیر زمین پارکنگ چاہیے۔” both adjectives come before ‘پارکنگ’ (parking). ‘سستی’ (cheap) is feminine for ‘پارکنگ’, while ‘زیر زمین’ (under ground) is a Persian-style phrase that does not change.
- مجھے
- pronounمیں + کو, with چاہیے
- سستی
- adjectiveadjective 'cheap', feminine for پارکنگ
- زیر
- preposition'under'; زیر زمین = 'underground'
- زمین
- nounfeminine noun 'ground'
- پارکنگ
- nounfeminine noun 'parking'
- چاہیے
- verbچاہنا · form: چاہیے (need) · مجھے … چاہیے 'I need'
English × Urdu: What changes from one language to the other
The adjective order is the same; Urdu adjectives like سستا/سستی agree in gender, English ‘cheap’ never changes.
Example conversation
— مجھے سستی زیر زمین پارکنگ چاہیے۔
— I'm looking for cheap underground parking.
— مال کے نیچے ایک ہے، اور پہلا گھنٹہ مفت ہے۔
— There's one under the mall, and the first hour is free.