“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” in Urdu (English × Urdu)

When to use it

Use it when you call a clinic or tell someone you have to book a dentist's appointment.

“I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” · The sentence in English

In “I need to make an appointment with the dentist.” ‘need to’ expresses necessity and ‘appointment’ takes ‘an’.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

need

verbneed · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · followed by "to" + verb

to

particleinfinitive marker before the verb

make

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

an

determinerindefinite article, used before a vowel sound

appointment

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

the

determinerdefinite article

dentist

nounnoun

“مجھے دانتوں کے ڈاکٹر سے وقت لینا ہے۔” · The sentence in Urdu

In “مجھے دانتوں کے ڈاکٹر سے وقت لینا ہے۔” the pattern ‘مجھے … لینا ہے’ means ‘I have to take’. ‘وقت لینا’ (to take time) is the Urdu way to book an appointment, and ‘دانتوں کا ڈاکٹر’ (doctor of teeth) becomes ‘دانتوں کے ڈاکٹر’ before ‘سے’.

مجھے

pronounمیں + کو; with لینا ہے, the one who must

دانتوں

nounoblique plural of دانت 'tooth'

کے

prepositionpossessive کے before ڈاکٹر

ڈاکٹر

nounmasculine noun 'doctor'

سے

prepositionpostposition سے; سے وقت لینا = 'take an appointment with'

وقت

nounmasculine noun 'time', here an appointment

لینا

verbلینا · form: infinitive · وقت لینا 'to take a time'

ہے

auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · mood: obligation · مجھے … لینا ہے 'I have to'

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

English says ‘I need’; Urdu ‘to me … is (to be taken)’. One word, ‘dentist’, is a phrase in Urdu, and ‘make’ becomes ‘لینا’ (take).

Example conversation