Unit 7 · In the cityA1Lesson 5 of 5: Tickets & stations

Tickets and stations in European Portuguese

This is the last of 5 lessons in Unit 7, In the city (Na cidade), an A1 unit in which you find your way around town, take public transport and buy tickets. The new words are a estação (station), a paragem (stop), o aeroporto (airport) and 4 more, practised in 10 example sentences. The unit’s grammar notes cover “Getting around” and “Multibanco”.

Words in this lesson

PortugueseEnglish
a estação
stationPlural: as estações.
a paragem
stopA bus stop is a paragem do autocarro.
o aeroporto
airport
apanhar
to catchFor transport: apanhar o autocarro = to catch the bus.
o bilhete
ticket
só ida
one way
ida e volta
return

Example sentences

  • Eu apanho o autocarro às oito.I catch the bus at eight.Apanhar = to catch or take a bus, train or taxi.
  • Onde fica a paragem do autocarro?Where is the bus stop?
  • Um bilhete para o Porto, se faz favor.A ticket to Porto, please.
  • Só ida ou ida e volta?One way or return?You will hear this at every ticket office.
  • Eu queria um bilhete de ida e volta para Coimbra.I'd like a return ticket to Coimbra.Queria ("I would like") is the polite way to ask.
  • A estação fica longe do hotel?Is the station far from the hotel?
  • Vamos apanhar um táxi para o aeroporto.Let's get a taxi to the airport.
  • Onde é que eu apanho o elétrico para o Chiado?Where do I catch the tram to Chiado?
  • Nós apanhamos o metro para o aeroporto.We take the metro to the airport.
  • Tu tens bilhete?Do you have a ticket?

Grammar notes

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