“Where is the bus stop?” in Bangla

When to use it

Use it in Bangladesh or West Bengal when you need a bus and want a passer-by to point you to the stop.

The sentence in English: “Where is the bus stop?”

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word ‘Where’ comes first, then the verb ‘is’, then the subject ‘the bus stop’. ‘the’ points to one particular stop.

Where

adverbquestion word asking about place

is

verbbe · tense: present · person: third · number: singular · form of "to be"; here it says where something is

the

determinerdefinite article

bus

nounnoun; it says what kind of stop

stop

nounnoun; the main word of "bus stop"

The sentence in Bangla: “বাস স্টপ কোথায়?”

“বাস স্টপ কোথায়?” has no verb at all: in the present tense Bengali normally drops ‘to be’. The subject ‘বাস স্টপ’ comes first and the question word ‘কোথায়’ (where) closes the sentence.

বাস

nounnoun borrowed from English 'bus'

স্টপ

nounnoun from English 'stop'; বাস স্টপ is one name

কোথায়

adverbquestion adverb 'where'; it ends the sentence

What changes from one language to the other: English × Bangla

English cannot drop ‘is’; Bengali has no word in its place. English starts with ‘Where’, Bengali ends with ‘কোথায়’, and Bengali has no article like ‘the’; both words of ‘বাস স্টপ’ come from English.

Example conversation