When to use it
Use it when you need cash and want to find the closest cash machine.
The sentence in English — “Where is the nearest ATM?”
In “Where is the nearest ATM?” the abbreviation is read letter by letter and ‘nearest’ needs ‘the’.
- 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
- nearest
- adjectivesuperlative of "near"
- ATM
- nounnoun; short for automated teller machine, a cash machine
The sentence in Filipino — “Nasaan ang pinakamalapit na ATM?”
In “Nasaan ang pinakamalapit na ATM?” the English ‘ATM’ is used as it is. ‘pinakamalapit’ is the superlative and the linker ‘na’ joins it to ‘ATM’.
- Nasaan
- adverbquestion word 'where'
- ang
- prepositiontopic marker ang
- pinakamalapit
- adjectivesuperlative 'nearest'
- na
- particlelinker na
- ATM
- nounabbreviation, read letter by letter
English × Filipino — What changes from one language to the other
Both languages share ‘ATM’. English needs ‘Where is’; Filipino ‘Nasaan’ already contains the ‘is’.
Example conversation
— Nasaan ang pinakamalapit na ATM?
— Where is the nearest ATM?
— May isa sa loob ng mall.
— There's one inside the shopping centre.