“Where is the nearest train station?” in Punjabi: “ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?”

When to use it

Use it when you need a train but don't know which way the station is.

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

In “Where is the nearest train station?” the superlative adds ‘-est’ 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

“ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?” — The sentence in Punjabi

In “ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ?” the superlative is built with ‘ਸਭ ਤੋਂ’ (than all) before the unchanged adjective ‘ਨੇੜੇ’ (near). ‘ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ’ is the usual name for a train station.

ਸਭ

pronoun'all'; ਸਭ ਤੋਂ makes the superlative

ਤੋਂ

preposition'than', marking the comparison

ਨੇੜੇ

adjective'near'; ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨੇੜੇ = nearest

ਰੇਲਵੇ

noun'railway', from English

ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ

noun'station'

ਕਿੱਥੇ

adverb'where', asking the station's location

ਹੈ

auxiliary verbਹੋਣਾ · tense: present · number: singular · 'is', stating where the station stands

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

English changes the adjective's ending; Punjabi puts ‘ਸਭ ਤੋਂ’ in front of it.

Example conversation