SpanishA2Lesson 3.1
🇪🇸 Spanish A2 · Lesson 3.1

En tren o en autobús — Transport and tickets

Talk about means of transport and buy a ticket.

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A traveller buys a train ticket at a RENFE ticket counter.

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en trenby train 🔊
en autobúsby bus 🔊
el billetethe ticket 🔊
ida y vueltareturn / round trip 🔊
salirto leave / depart 🔊
llegarto arrive 🔊

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« Quería un billete de ida y vuelta para Barcelona, por favor. » 🔊
I'd like a return ticket to Barcelona, please.
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Buenos días, quería un billete para Valencia. 🔊Good morning, I'd like a ticket to Valencia.
¿De ida o de ida y vuelta? 🔊One way or return?
De ida y vuelta, por favor. ¿A qué hora sale el próximo tren? 🔊Return, please. What time does the next train leave?
Sale a las diez y cuarto y llega a las doce. 🔊It leaves at a quarter past ten and arrives at twelve.
Estupendo. ¿Cuánto es? 🔊Great. How much is it?
Grammar in focus · en + medios de transporte

To say how you travel, use en + the means of transport: en tren, en autobús, en coche, en avión, en metro. The exception is on foot: a pie. Two key verbs are salir ('to leave/depart', yo salgo) and llegar ('to arrive', yo llego). Both are common with times: '¿A qué hora sale el tren?' / 'Llega a las tres.' To ask for a ticket politely, use the imperfect of querer: 'Quería un billete para Sevilla' sounds softer than 'quiero'.

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Write 2–3 sentences buying a ticket: destination, type, and departure time.

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¡Bien hecho! Use « Quería un billete para… » and « ¿A qué hora sale? ».

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