Travel and transport Rees a Verkéier
Get around: tickets, platforms and timetables, the bus, the train and the plane, a delay, and the words you need to follow or give directions on the road.
By the end of this lesson you can
- Talk about tickets, platforms and timetables.
- Say when a train or bus leaves and arrives, and that it is late.
- Say how you travel: by bus, by bike, by plane.
- Follow and give simple directions: left, right, straight on, round the corner.
31 words and phrases
- de Billjee
- ticket Plural: d'Billjeeën.
- de Quai
- platform Plural: d'Quaien.
- den Horaire
- timetable Plural: d'Horairen.
- d'Verspéidung
- delay Plural: d'Verspéidungen.
- de Busarrêt
- bus stop Plural: d'Busarrêten.
- de Plang
- map, plan Plural: d'Plangen or d'Pläng.
- d'Wallis
- suitcase Plural: d'Wallissen.
- reservéieren
- to book, to reserve
- d'Sëtzplaz
- seat Plural: d'Sëtzplazen.
- d'Rees
- trip, journey Plural: d'Reesen.
- reesen
- to travel
- de Flughafen
- airport Plural: d'Flughäfen.
- de Fliger
- plane Plural: d'Fligeren.
- den Taxi
- taxi Plural: d'Taxien.
- de Verkéier
- traffic
- d'Kräizung
- crossing, crossroads Plural: d'Kräizungen.
- den Eck
- corner Plural: d'Ecken.
- d'Richtung
- direction Plural: d'Richtungen.
- ukommen
- to arrive The un goes to the end: kënnt … un. Perfect: sinn … ukomm.
- den Depart
- departure Plural: d'Departen.
- ëmklammen
- to change (trains, buses) Also: ëmsteigen.
- d'Aarbecht
- work, job
- erlaben
- to allow
- nächst
- next
- ier
- before
- d'Bäckerei
- bakery
- d'Metzlerei
- butcher's shop
- gläich
- right away, soon
- d'Sortie
- exit
- nomëttes
- in the afternoon
- ënnerwee
- on the way
Grammar
By bus, by train: huelen and mat
To take a means of transport you use huelen: ech huelen den Zuch, ech huelen de Bus. To say how you travel, use mat, and after it the article joins on: mam Bus, mam Auto, mam Vëlo, mam Fliger.
- Ech huelen den Zuch fir op d'Aarbecht. — I take the train to work.
- Ech huelen de Bus fir op d'Gare. — I take the bus to the station.
- Mir fuere mam Bus an d'Vakanz. — We go on holiday by bus.
- Wann d'Wieder et erlaabt, fueren ech mam Vëlo op d'Aarbecht. — If the weather allows, I cycle to work.
Directions
To give directions you use the command form: fuer (drive), kuck (look), hal dech riets (keep right). Left and right as a direction are no lénks and no riets, straight on is riichtaus.
To say where something is: riets niewent der Kierch, to the right next to the church, or gläich ëm den Eck, just round the corner.
- Fuer nach e Stéck riichtaus an dann op der nächster Kräizung no riets! — Drive a bit further straight on and then turn right at the next crossing!
- Ier een iwwer d'Strooss geet, kuckt ee fir d'éischt no lénks an dann no riets. — Before you cross the street, you first look to the left and then to the right.
- Riets niewent der Kierch ass eng Bäckerei. — To the right next to the church there is a bakery.
- D'Metzlerei ass gläich ëm den Eck. — The butcher's is just round the corner.
- Fuer nach 15 km a Richtung Flughafen, an dann hëls de d'Sortie 8. — Drive another 15 km in the direction of the airport, and then take exit 8.
Arriving and leaving
Many travel verbs split in two: the first part goes to the end of the sentence. Den Zuch kënnt ëm dräi Auer un, from ukommen. In the perfect they stay together: mir sinn ukomm.
Times of day take ëm: ëm aacht Auer, at eight o'clock. Ënnerwee means on the way.
- Den Zuch kënnt ëm dräi Auer an der Nuecht un. — The train arrives at three o'clock in the night.
- Mir sinn nomëttes an eisem Hotel ukomm. — We arrived at our hotel in the afternoon.
- De Bus fiert um Quai 6 fort. — The bus leaves from platform 6.
- Den Depart vum Zuch ass ëm aacht Auer. — The train leaves at eight o'clock.
- Meng Mamm ass ënnerwee fir an d'Stad. — My mother is on her way into town.
Practice
14 exercises: multiple choice, typing, matching pairs and word order.