“Where is the bus stop?” in Filipino (English × Filipino)

When to use it

Use it in the Philippines when you need a bus and want someone to point you to the stop.

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

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word comes first, then ‘is’, then the subject ‘the bus stop’, with ‘the’ pointing to one 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"

“Nasaan ang hintuan ng bus?” · The sentence in Filipino

“Nasaan ang hintuan ng bus?” has no verb: ‘Nasaan’ (where is) does the asking. The marker ‘ang’ introduces the topic ‘hintuan’ (stopping place), and ‘ng’ links it to ‘bus’: the stop of the bus.

Nasaan

adverbquestion word 'where', at the start

ang

prepositionmarker ang: marks the topic, hintuan

hintuan

nounnoun 'stopping place', from hinto 'stop'

ng

prepositionmarker ng linking two nouns: 'stop of bus'

bus

nounnoun from English 'bus'

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

English needs ‘is’; Filipino has no word for it here. English says ‘bus stop’ with ‘bus’ first; Filipino says ‘hintuan ng bus’, reversing the two nouns.

Example conversation