SpanishA2Lesson 3.2
🇪🇸 Spanish A2 · Lesson 3.2

En la estación — At the station

Find your platform and deal with schedules and delays.

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A passenger asks an employee about a delayed train at Atocha station.

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el andénthe platform 🔊
el horariothe timetable 🔊
el retrasothe delay 🔊
la maletathe suitcase 🔊
facturarto check in (luggage) 🔊
el vuelothe flight 🔊

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« ¿De qué andén sale el tren? Creo que lleva un poco de retraso. » 🔊
Which platform does the train leave from? I think it's running a little late.
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Perdone, ¿de qué andén sale el tren a Córdoba? 🔊Excuse me, which platform does the train to Córdoba leave from?
Del andén número cuatro, pero lleva diez minutos de retraso. 🔊From platform four, but it's running ten minutes late.
Vaya... ¿Tengo tiempo de tomar un café? 🔊Oh no... Do I have time to grab a coffee?
Sí, hay una cafetería al lado del andén tres. 🔊Yes, there's a café next to platform three.
Muchas gracias, muy amable. 🔊Thank you very much, very kind of you.
Grammar in focus · hay y las cantidades

Hay (from haber) means 'there is / there are' and never changes for number: 'Hay una cafetería', 'Hay dos andenes'. Use it to say what exists in a place. To express delay, Spanish uses 'llevar ... de retraso': 'El tren lleva diez minutos de retraso.' For directions inside a station, use al lado de (next to), enfrente de (opposite), and cerca de (near). At the airport, the verb facturar means 'to check in luggage': '¿Dónde puedo facturar las maletas?'

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Write 2–3 sentences at a station: ask the platform and mention a delay.

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¡Estupendo! Use « ¿De qué andén…? » and « lleva diez minutos de retraso ».

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