Scene 28 of 50
Dos billetes de ida y vuelta
Two return tickets
Your goalI can buy a train ticket, ask when and where the train leaves, and understand an announcement.
Tap a word to see what it means.
TomásBuenas tardes. Soy Tomás. Tengo nuestro plan.
Good evening. It is Tomás. I have our plan.
- Tomás
Ida a las nueve y doce. Vuelta a las diecisiete cuarenta. Andén dos.
Outward at nine twelve. Return at seventeen forty. Platform two.
- Tomás
Compre dos billetes de ida y vuelta, por favor. Yo llego a las ocho cincuenta y siete.
Buy two return tickets, please. I arrive at eight fifty-seven.
Sunday, ten to nine. The ticket clerk smiles through the window and slides two tickets under the glass.
Buenos días. Dos billetes al lago Grande, por favor.
Good morning. Two tickets to the Great Lake, please.
Buenos días. Dos billetes al lago Grande, por favor.
Good morning. Two tickets to the Great Lake, please.
Rosa¿Solo ida o ida y vuelta?
Single or return?
Ida y vuelta. ¿Sale del andén dos?
Return. Does it leave from platform two?
Ida y vuelta. ¿Sale del andén dos?
Return. Does it leave from platform two?
- Rosa
Sí, a las nueve y doce. Los dos billetes cuestan veinticuatro euros.
Yes, at nine twelve. The two tickets cost twenty-four euros.
¿Y a qué hora vuelve?
And what time does it return?
¿Y a qué hora vuelve?
And what time does it return?
- Rosa
A las diecisiete cuarenta. Aquí tiene los horarios.
At seventeen forty. Here is the timetable.
At three minutes to nine by the station clock, Herr Kühn arrives on the platform with a rucksack and a thermos, checks his watch, and looks very pleased.
- Tomás
Buenos días. Ocho cincuenta y siete. Todo según el plan.
Good morning. Eight fifty-seven. Everything according to plan.
Aquí están nuestros billetes. Ida y vuelta.
Here are our tickets. Return.
Aquí están nuestros billetes. Ida y vuelta.
Here are our tickets. Return.
- Tomás
Muy bien. Hoy llega a tiempo.
Very good. You are on time today.
Under the loudspeaker Herr Kühn stands frozen, eyes wide, his thermos halfway to his mouth.
- Rosa
Lo siento. El tren de las nueve y doce al lago Grande está cancelado.
Sorry. The nine twelve train to the Great Lake is cancelled.
¿Cancelado? ¿Qué significa?
Cancelled? What does that mean?
¿Cancelado? ¿Qué significa?
Cancelled? What does that mean?
- Tomás
Hoy no sale.
It is not running today.
¿Y ahora qué hacemos?
What do we do now?
¿Y ahora qué hacemos?
What do we do now?
- Tomás
Plan B.
Plan B.
¿Tiene un plan B?
You have a plan B?
¿Tiene un plan B?
You have a plan B?
- Tomás
Claro. Siempre tengo un plan B.
Of course. I always have a plan B.
Words from the scene
Every new word from this scene, grouped with its family.
Doing things Acciones
- salirleave
- venircome (by vehicle: come to the capital)
- significarmean
Small words Palabras pequeñas
- exactamenteexactly
Life and work La vida
- el planplan
Places in town Lugares
- el andénplatform
What things and people are like Descripciones
- cancelado / canceladacancelled
Everyday things Everyday things
- el horariotimetable
Getting around Getting around
- el billeteticket
- ida y vueltareturn (ticket)
- solo idaone way (ticket)
Who says this?
Buenas tardes. Soy Tomás. Tengo nuestro plan.
Buenas tardes. Soy Tomás. Tengo nuestro plan.
What does it mean?
Buenos días. Dos billetes al lago Grande, por favor.
Buenos días. Dos billetes al lago Grande, por favor.
Which line do you hear?
Single or return?
Put the words in order.
And what time does it return?
And what time does it return?
Who says this?
Buenos días. Ocho cincuenta y siete. Todo según el plan.
Buenos días. Ocho cincuenta y siete. Todo según el plan.
What does it mean?
Muy bien. Hoy llega a tiempo.
Which line do you hear?
It is not running today.
Put the words in order.
You have a plan B?
You have a plan B?
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.
Scene complete
Dos billetes de ida y vuelta
Goal reachedI can buy a train ticket, ask when and where the train leaves, and understand an announcement.
