Translation and grammar: “Where is the bus stop?” in Urdu

When to use it

Use it in Pakistan when you need a bus and want a passer-by to point you to the stop.

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

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word ‘Where’ comes first and ‘is’ comes before the subject ‘the bus stop’. ‘the’ points to one particular stop.

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 Urdu — “بس اسٹاپ کہاں ہے؟”

In “بس اسٹاپ کہاں ہے؟” the subject ‘بس اسٹاپ’ comes first, the question word ‘کہاں’ (where) stays right before the verb, and ‘ہے’ (is) closes the sentence. Urdu is written right to left, in Perso-Arabic script.

بس

nounfeminine noun from English 'bus'

اسٹاپ

nounmasculine noun from English 'stop'

کہاں

adverbquestion word 'where', right before the verb

ہے

auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · number: singular · form of ہونا 'to be', at the end

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

English moves ‘Where’ to the front; Urdu keeps statement order and ends with ‘ہے’. Urdu has no article for ‘the’, and both words of ‘بس اسٹاپ’ come from English.

Example conversation