Translation and grammar: “Where is the nearest train station?” in Telugu

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 Telugu — “అతి దగ్గరి రైల్వే స్టేషన్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?”

In “అతి దగ్గరి రైల్వే స్టేషన్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది?” the superlative is the separate word ‘అతి’ (most) before ‘దగ్గరి’ (near). The adjective precedes the noun, as in English.

అతి

adverb'most', makes the superlative

దగ్గరి

adjective'near', adjective form

రైల్వే

noun'railway', from English

స్టేషన్

noun'station'

ఎక్కడ

adverb'where'

ఉంది

verbuṇḍu · tense: present · person: third · 'is', closing the question

English × Telugu — What changes from one language to the other

English uses the suffix ‘-est’; Telugu the separate word ‘అతి’, and both put the adjective first.

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