“Where is the bus stop?” in Telugu

When to use it

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

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

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"

The sentence in Telugu (“బస్ స్టాప్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?”)

In “బస్ స్టాప్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?” the subject ‘బస్ స్టాప్’ (bus stop, borrowed from English) comes first, then ‘ఎక్కడ’ (where), and the verb ‘ఉంది’ (is) closes the sentence. Telugu keeps statement order in questions.

బస్

noun'bus', from English, before 'stop'

స్టాప్

noun'stop', where the bus halts

ఎక్కడ

adverbquestion word 'where', before the verb

ఉంది

verbuṇḍu · tense: present · person: third · 'is'; at the end

What changes from one language to the other (English × Telugu)

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

Example conversation