Spanish for English speakers Beach · Lesson 4

Travelling by...

Talk about transport in Spanish — ¿Cómo piensas viajar? (how do you plan to travel?) — and choose tomar el tren (take the train), el autobús, el avión, el coche.

Conversation

  1. Yaya Yaya

    ¿Cómo piensas viajar?

    How were you planning to travel?

    Tip: <Piensas> literally means "You think" but it can imply a plan.

  2. Muri Muri

    Quisiera tomar el tren.

    I'd like to take the train.

    Tip: <Tomar> = to take <Tomo> = I take <Tomas> = you take

  3. Yaya Yaya

    Sí, me gusta montar la moto.

    Yes, but I like riding the moped.

    Tip: <La moto> = moped You can also say <motocicleta>

  4. Muri Muri

    La moto está bien también.

    The moped is fine too.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you say 'by train/car/plane' in Spanish?

En + transport: en tren (by train), en coche (by car), en avión (by plane), en autobús (by bus).

Tomar vs coger for transport?

Both mean 'to take'. Tomar is universal; coger is common in Spain but vulgar in Latin America (where they use tomar/agarrar).

What does Quisiera mean?

'I would like' — polite conditional of querer. Quisiera tomar el tren = 'I would like to take the train'.

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