“Where is the nearest ATM?” in Urdu

When to use it

Use it when you need cash and want to find the closest cash machine.

The sentence in English (“Where is the nearest ATM?”)

In “Where is the nearest ATM?” the abbreviation ‘ATM’ is read letter by letter, and ‘nearest’ 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"

ATM

nounnoun; short for automated teller machine, a cash machine

The sentence in Urdu (“سب سے قریبی اے ٹی ایم کہاں ہے؟”)

In “سب سے قریبی اے ٹی ایم کہاں ہے؟” the three letters of ATM are written out as they sound in Urdu script: ‘اے ٹی ایم’. ‘سب سے قریبی’ is the superlative ‘nearest’.

سب

pronounfirst part of سب سے

سے

prepositionسب سے makes the superlative

قریبی

adjectiveadjective 'near'

اے

nounthe letter 'A' of ATM

ٹی

nounthe letter 'T'

ایم

nounthe letter 'M'; ATM spelled out in Urdu script

کہاں

adverbquestion adverb 'where'

ہے

auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · at the end

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

Both languages use the same abbreviation; Urdu spells out its letters. English opens with ‘Where is’, Urdu closes with ‘کہاں ہے’.

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