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How To Buy Transportation Tickets Spanish

Today we will learn how to buy a ticket for public transportation. It's terrible to be stuck in a situation where you feel you are not able to ask the right questions to get to your destination. This lesson will provide you with the tools to feel confident anytime you need to engage in a conversation to buy a ticket for public transportation.

         Buenos días amigos, espero se encuentren muy bien. Me da mucho gusto verlos hoy.

Today we will learn how to buy a ticket for public transportation.

         Cómo comprar un boleto para el transporte público.It's terrible to be stuck in a situation where you feel you are not able to ask the right questions to get to your destination.Last lesson we learned how to compliment someone and give that person a confidence boost. This lesson will provide you with the tools to feel confident anytime you need to engage in a conversation to buy a ticket for public transportation.

¿Qué tipos de transporte público conoces?What kind of public transportation do you know?

     
  • Tren - train
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  • Autobus - bus
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  • Metro - subway

Here is a useful phrase:          ¿Cuándo es el próximo tren/camión a la ciudad de México?(When is the next train/bus to Mexico city?)After you've asked when and where you want to go, the next question would be to ask how much it costs, right?Do you remember this from a previous lesson?The one where we went shopping?I hope you do! We use the same structure to ask for the cost of transportation tickets:          ¿Cuánto cuesta?Let's take a look at a conversation at a train station:          -¿Cuándo es el próximo tren a Madrid?          -A las nueve y media          -Y, ¿cuánto cuesta?          -10 euros          -¿Cuánto tiempo dura?          - 2 horas aproximadamenteThere is a new question in that conversation that we haven't heard before, can you identify it?          -¿Cuándo es el próximo tren a Madrid?          -¿Cuánto cuesta?          ¿Cuánto tiempo dura?          ¡Muy bien!The new question is: ¿cuánto tiempo dura? How much time does it take?In this case, it takes approximately two hours.I'm so happy! Now you can purchase a ticket for public transport and move around the city or between cities!Thank you for joining me today and I'm looking forward to seeing you in our next lesson!

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