“Where is the bus stop?” in Vietnamese

When to use it

Use it in Vietnam when you need a bus and want someone to point you to the stop.

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

In “Where is the bus stop?” the question word comes first, then ‘is’, then the subject, with ‘the’ pointing 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 Vietnamese: “Trạm xe buýt ở đâu?”

In “Trạm xe buýt ở đâu?” the subject ‘trạm xe buýt’ (bus stop) comes first, then the verb ‘ở’ (to be located), and the question word ‘đâu’ (where) goes last. Vietnamese keeps statement word order in questions.

Trạm

nounnoun 'station, stop', heading the phrase

xe

noun'vehicle'; with buýt it forms 'bus'

buýt

noun'buýt', borrowed from French 'bus'

ở

verbở · tense: unmarked · 'to be located'; plays the role of 'is'

đâu

pronounquestion word 'where', placed at the end

What changes from one language to the other: English × Vietnamese

English moves the question word to the front; Vietnamese leaves ‘đâu’ at the end. English says ‘bus stop’ with ‘bus’ first; Vietnamese says ‘trạm xe buýt’, stop first, and uses no article.

Example conversation