30: How to buy train and bus tickets
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🗓️ 22 October 2017
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Summary
When you visit Italy, you’ll probably need to buy train and bus tickets, whether it’s to get to your accommodation or explore the town and surrounding areas.
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Today’s words
Scusi = excuse me (formal, with people you don’t know)
Si può = is it possible (literally: can one?)
Si può comprare un biglietto = is it possible to buy a ticket? (literally: can one buy a ticket?)
Per = for
Il tram = the tram
Qui = here
Allora = so/in that case
Prendo = I’ll have (literally: I take)
Un biglietto giornaliero = a day travel pass
Mi dispiace = sorry
Bisogna = it’s necessary
Andare = go
A = to
La stazione = the station
A + la = alla (to the)
Alla stazione = to the station
Di = of
La = the
Di + la = della (of the)
La stazione della metro = the metro station (literally = the station of the metro)
Aeroporto di Londra = London Airport
Biglietti = tickets (change o to i for the plural).
Allora prendo quattro biglietti singoli = In that case I’ll have 4 single tickets
Sono sei euro = that’s 6 euros (literally: they are 6 euros)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you come to Italy on holiday, you'll probably need to buy travel tickets, |
| 0:04.6 | whether it's to get from the airport to your accommodation, |
| 0:07.5 | go around the town or head off and explore the surrounding areas. |
| 0:11.2 | Find out how, in episode welcome to Five Minute Italian. |
| 0:28.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to Five Minute Italian. I'm Katie. |
| 0:32.6 | And I'm Mateo, Ciao. |
| 0:34.6 | And this week you'll learn how to buy travel tickets for buses and trams. |
| 0:39.3 | Listen to this conversation. |
| 0:42.4 | Scusy, |
| 0:43.6 | you can't buy a billietto for the tram here? |
| 0:47.1 | Yes. |
| 0:48.6 | All right, I'll bring a billietto journalier. |
| 0:52.5 | Me dispice. |
| 0:56.0 | For the journalier, we need to go to the station |
| 0:58.0 | of the metro. |
| 0:59.0 | I'll take four |
| 1:02.0 | billiettes single. |
| 1:03.0 | Well, |
| 1:04.0 | ... |
| 1:05.0 | ... |
| 1:06.0 | So, I'm in Milan |
| 1:09.0 | and I'm trying to buy a ticket for the tram. |
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