“Where is the bus stop?” in Punjabi

When to use it

Use it in Amritsar or Ludhiana when you need a bus and ask a passer-by for the stand.

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

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

bus

nounnoun; it says what kind of stop

stop

nounnoun; the main word of "bus stop"

The sentence in Punjabi: “ਬੱਸ ਅੱਡਾ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?”

In “ਬੱਸ ਅੱਡਾ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?” the subject ‘ਬੱਸ ਅੱਡਾ’ (bus stand) comes first, the question word ‘ਕਿੱਥੇ’ (where) sits just before the verb, and ‘ਹੈ’ (is) closes the sentence.

ਬੱਸ

nounnoun from English 'bus'; with ਅੱਡਾ it forms one name

ਅੱਡਾ

nounmasculine noun 'stand, depot'; ਬੱਸ ਅੱਡਾ = bus stop

ਕਿੱਥੇ

adverbquestion word 'where', right before the verb

ਹੈ

auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · person: 3rd · number: singular · form of ਹੋਣਾ 'to be', at the end of the sentence

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

English moves the question word to the front; Punjabi keeps the verb at the end and has no article like ‘the’.

Example conversation