When to use it
Use it when you need cash, for a taxi or a stall that takes no cards.
“Where is the nearest ATM?” · The sentence in English
In “Where is the nearest ATM?” the abbreviation stands alone after ‘the nearest’.
- 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
“Cây ATM gần nhất ở đâu?” · The sentence in Vietnamese
In “Cây ATM gần nhất ở đâu?” the classifier ‘cây’, used for posts and pens, comes before ‘ATM’; without it the phrase sounds incomplete. ‘gần nhất’ (nearest) follows the noun.
- Cây
- classifierclassifier used for ATMs, as for posts and trees
- ATM
- noun'ATM', kept as the English abbreviation
- gần
- adjective'near', after the noun
- nhất
- adverbgần nhất = nearest
- ở
- verbở · tense: unmarked · 'be located'; no 'to be' needed
- đâu
- pronoun'where'; the question word ends the sentence
What changes from one language to the other · English × Vietnamese
Vietnamese needs the classifier ‘cây’; English has no classifiers. Both keep the letters ATM.
Example conversation
— Cây ATM gần nhất ở đâu?
— Where is the nearest ATM?
— Có một cây trong cửa hàng tiện lợi.
— There's one inside the convenience store.