“Where is the nearest train station?” in Urdu (English × Urdu)

When to use it

Use it when you need to catch a train and want the closest station.

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

In “Where is the nearest train station?” ‘nearest’ is ‘near’ + ‘-est’, and a superlative always takes ‘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

“سب سے قریبی ریلوے اسٹیشن کہاں ہے؟” · The sentence in Urdu

In “سب سے قریبی ریلوے اسٹیشن کہاں ہے؟” the superlative uses the words ‘سب سے’ (of all) before ‘قریبی’ (near). The whole group is the subject, followed by ‘کہاں ہے’ (where is).

سب

pronounfirst part of سب سے 'of all'

سے

prepositionسب سے before an adjective makes the superlative

قریبی

adjectiveadjective 'near'

ریلوے

nounfrom English 'railway', describing اسٹیشن

اسٹیشن

nounmasculine noun 'station'

کہاں

adverbquestion adverb 'where'

ہے

auxiliary verbہونا · tense: present · at the end

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

English changes the adjective, Urdu adds ‘سب سے’ before it; Pakistanis usually say ‘ریلوے اسٹیشن’.

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