Why we use to be at the last of the sentences of these words? (what is they mean)
eg. A : Where is the Bank?
B : I don't know where is. ( it's correct) why?
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You can say:
Where is the bank?
I don't know.
I don't know where.
I don't know where it is.
I don't know where the bank is.
The verb "to be", doesn't need to be at the end. You could say it in a different way:
Where the bank is (located) is something I don't know.
The reason the order [ is ] [ the bank ] swapped to [ the bank ] [ is ] is because of the question word "where". If there isn't a question word, it doesn't swap:
Do you know where the bank is?
I know where the bank is.
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A) Where is the bank?
B) I don't know where it is.
'it' means the bank, sentence B is saying I do not know where the bank is located.
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