English → Tamil

“Where is the bus stop?” in Tamil (English × Tamil)

English

Where is the bus stop?

Tamil

பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?

⇄ தமிழ் → ஆங்கிலம்

When to use it

Use it in Chennai or Madurai when you need a bus and ask a passer-by for the stop.

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

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word leads, 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"

“பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?” · The sentence in Tamil

In “பேருந்து நிறுத்தம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?” the subject ‘பேருந்து நிறுத்தம்’ (bus stop) comes first, then ‘எங்கே’ (where), and the verb ‘இருக்கிறது’ (is) closes the sentence. Tamil keeps statement order in questions.

பேருந்து
noun'bus', the native Tamil word
நிறுத்தம்
noun'stop', the place where it halts
எங்கே
adverbquestion word 'where', before the verb
இருக்கிறது
verbiru · tense: present · person: 3rd, neuter · 'is'; at the end

What changes from one language to the other · English × Tamil

English puts the verb in the middle; Tamil puts it last, with no article.

Example conversation

→ English