“Where is the nearest train station?” in Marathi

When to use it

Use it when travelling and you need a train to another town.

The sentence in English (“Where is the nearest train station?”)

In “Where is the nearest train station?” ‘nearest’ adds ‘-est’ to ‘near’ and 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"

train

nounnoun; it says what kind of station

station

nounnoun

The sentence in Marathi (“सर्वात जवळचं रेल्वे स्टेशन कुठे आहे?”)

In “सर्वात जवळचं रेल्वे स्टेशन कुठे आहे?” the superlative is the separate word ‘सर्वात’ (most) before ‘जवळचं’ (near). The adjective precedes the noun, as in English.

सर्वात

adverb'most', makes the superlative

जवळचं

adjectivejaval 'near' + -cã, agreeing with sṭeśan

रेल्वे

noun'railway', from English

स्टेशन

noun'station'

कुठे

adverb'where'

आहे

verbasṇe · tense: present · person: third · 'is', closing the question

What changes from one language to the other (English × Marathi)

English uses the suffix ‘-est’; Marathi the separate word ‘सर्वात’. Both put the adjective before the noun.

Example conversation