When to use it
Use it when you run out of cash and the shop doesn't take cards.
“Where is the nearest ATM?” · The sentence in English
In “Where is the nearest ATM?” ‘ATM’ is written in capitals 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
“ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਏਟੀਐਮ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?” · The sentence in Punjabi
In “ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਏਟੀਐਮ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?” ‘ਏਟੀਐਮ’ spells the English letters in Gurmukhi and is said letter by letter; it is the everyday word for a cash machine.
- ਸਭ
- pronoun'all', comparing every machine around
- ਤੋਂ
- prepositioncomparative ਤੋਂ, before ਨੇੜੇ
- ਨੇੜੇ
- adjectiveunchanged ਨੇੜੇ; ਸਭ ਤੋਂ gives the degree
- ਏਟੀਐਮ
- nounabbreviation 'ATM', letters spoken one by one
- ਕਿੱਥੇ
- adverb'where', asking for the machine
- ਹੈ
- auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · person: 3rd · singular ਹੈ for one machine
What changes from one language to the other · English × Punjabi
Both languages share the abbreviation; Punjabi puts ‘ਹੈ’ (is) last.
Example conversation
— ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਏਟੀਐਮ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?
— Where is the nearest ATM?
— ਪੈਟਰੋਲ ਪੰਪ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ, ਦੁਕਾਨ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ।
— Inside the petrol pump, next to the shop.