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

When to use it

Use it when something in your hotel room is broken and you want to know whom to tell.

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

In “How do I make a complaint at the hotel?” ‘make a complaint’ is verb plus noun, and the question needs ‘do’.

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

“Tôi muốn khiếu nại với khách sạn thì làm thế nào?” · The sentence in Vietnamese

In “Tôi muốn khiếu nại với khách sạn thì làm thế nào?” the wish comes first (‘tôi muốn khiếu nại với khách sạn’, I want to complain to the hotel), then ‘thì’ (then) leads to ‘làm thế nào’ (how to do it). ‘khiếu nại’ is a single verb.

Tôi

pronoun'I', the unhappy guest

muốn

verbmuốn · tense: unmarked · states the wish before asking how

khiếu

verbkhiếu nại · tense: unmarked · first half of khiếu nại 'complain'

nại

verbkhiếu nại · tense: unmarked · one verb, no 'make a' needed

với

preposition'with, to'

khách

nounpart of khách sạn

sạn

noun'hotel'

thì

subordinating conjunction'then', links the condition to the question

làm

verblàm · tense: unmarked · 'do'; làm thế nào = how

thế

pronounpart of thế nào

nào

determinerthế nào at the end asks the way

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

English uses ‘make’ plus a noun in one clause; Vietnamese a single verb and two clauses joined by ‘thì’.

Example conversation