“Where is the nearest train station?” in Tamil

When to use it

Use it when travelling and you need a train to another town.

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

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

The sentence in Tamil: “மிக அருகிலுள்ள ரயில் நிலையம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?”

In “மிக அருகிலுள்ள ரயில் நிலையம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது?” the superlative is the separate word ‘மிக’ (most). ‘அருகிலுள்ள’ (near + which is) describes the noun before it.

மிக

adverb'most', makes the superlative

அருகிலுள்ள

adjectivearukil 'near' + uḷḷa 'which is'

ரயில்

noun'train'

நிலையம்

noun'station'

எங்கே

adverb'where'

இருக்கிறது

verbiru · tense: present · person: 3rd, neuter · 'is', closing the question

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

English uses the suffix ‘-est’; Tamil the word ‘மிக’, and both put the adjective first.

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