When to use it
Use it when you need cash, for an auto-rickshaw or a stall that takes no cards.
The sentence in English — “Where is the nearest ATM?”
In “Where is the nearest ATM?” the abbreviation follows ‘the nearest’.
- 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
The sentence in Tamil — “மிக அருகிலுள்ள ஏடிஎம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?”
In “மிக அருகிலுள்ள ஏடிஎம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?” the English ‘ATM’ is written in Tamil script, ‘ஏடிஎம்’, and used as an ordinary noun. The verb ‘இருக்கிறது’ comes last.
- மிக
- adverbmika arukiluḷḷa = nearest
- அருகிலுள்ள
- adjective'near', before ATM
- ஏடிஎம்
- noun'ATM', the English abbreviation in Tamil script
- எங்கே
- adverb'where', before the verb
- இருக்கிறது
- verbiru · tense: present · person: 3rd, neuter · 'is'
English × Tamil — What changes from one language to the other
Both use the same abbreviation; Tamil writes it in its own script and puts the verb last.
Example conversation
— மிக அருகிலுள்ள ஏடிஎம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?
— Where is the nearest ATM?
— பெட்ரோல் பங்கில் ஒன்று இருக்கிறது.
— There's one inside the petrol bunk.