“Where is the bus stop?” in Hindi

When to use it

Use it on a street in India when you need a bus and want a passer-by to point you to the nearest stop.

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

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word ‘Where’ comes first and the verb ‘is’ comes before the subject ‘the bus stop’. The article ‘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 Hindi: “बस स्टॉप कहाँ है?”

In “बस स्टॉप कहाँ है?” the subject ‘बस स्टॉप’ comes first, the question word ‘कहाँ’ stays right before the verb, and ‘है’ (is) closes the sentence. Hindi does not move the question word to the front.

बस

nounfeminine noun 'bus'; together with स्टॉप it forms one name

स्टॉप

nounmasculine noun borrowed from English 'stop'

कहाँ

adverbquestion adverb 'where'; it sits right before the verb

है

auxiliary verbहोना · tense: present · person: 3rd · number: singular · form of होना 'to be', placed at the end

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

English moves ‘Where’ to the start and puts ‘is’ before the subject; Hindi keeps the statement order and ends with ‘है’. Hindi has no article, so there is nothing for ‘the’, and both words of ‘बस स्टॉप’ are borrowed from English.

Example conversation