When to use it
Use it in India when you need cash and want to find the closest cash machine.
“Where is the nearest ATM?” · The sentence in English
In “Where is the nearest ATM?” the abbreviation ‘ATM’ is read letter by letter, and the superlative ‘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
“सबसे नज़दीकी एटीएम कहाँ है?” · The sentence in Hindi
In “सबसे नज़दीकी एटीएम कहाँ है?” ‘एटीएम’ is the English ‘ATM’ written in Devanagari, treated as masculine in Hindi. ‘सबसे नज़दीकी’ (nearest) uses ‘सबसे’ before the adjective, and ‘कहाँ है’ (where is) ends the sentence.
- सबसे
- adverbforms the superlative: 'nearest'
- नज़दीकी
- adjectiveadjective 'near'
- एटीएम
- nounmasculine noun 'ATM', written in Devanagari
- कहाँ
- adverbquestion adverb 'where'
- है
- auxiliary verbहोना · tense: present · number: singular · at the end
What changes from one language to the other · English × Hindi
Both languages use the same abbreviation, ATM; Hindi just writes it in Devanagari. English opens with ‘Where is…’, Hindi closes with ‘… कहाँ है’.
Example conversation
— सबसे नज़दीकी एटीएम कहाँ है?
— Where is the nearest ATM?
— शॉपिंग सेंटर के अंदर एक है।
— There's one inside the shopping centre.