Portuguese · Real conversations
Train journeys: Portuguese conversation practice
Check a route, a platform, and a connection. Read the exchange, reveal the translations when you need them, then try your part before looking at the sample answers.
A2 · Read and rehearse
Your role: A passenger asking station staff about a journey.
Goal: Check a route, a platform, and a connection.
Read the conversation
Partner
O primeiro trem da sua viagem sai em breve.
Show English translation
The first train for your journey leaves soon.
You
Esse trem é direto?
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Is this a direct train?
Partner
Não, ele termina na estação de conexão.
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No, it ends at the junction station.
You
Preciso trocar de trem?
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Do I need to change trains?
Partner
Sim, você troca lá. Seu primeiro trem sai em breve.
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Yes, you change there. Your first train leaves soon.
You
De qual plataforma ele sai?
Show English translation
Which platform does it leave from?
Partner
Da plataforma três. Há outro trem mais tarde, se precisar.
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Platform three. There's a later train if you need it.
You
A passagem vale para o próximo trem?
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Is the ticket valid for the next train?
Partner
Sim, seu bilhete vale para esse trem. Há pouco tempo para a conexão.
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Yes, your ticket covers that service. You have a short connection.
You
O que acontece se eu perder a conexão?
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What happens if I miss the connection?
Try your part first
Partner says: The first train for your journey leaves soon. Your goal: Is this a direct train?
Reveal a sample reply
Esse trem é direto?
Is this a direct train?
Partner says: No, it ends at the junction station. Your goal: Do I need to change trains?
Reveal a sample reply
Preciso trocar de trem?
Do I need to change trains?
Partner says: Yes, you change there. Your first train leaves soon. Your goal: Which platform does it leave from?
Reveal a sample reply
De qual plataforma ele sai?
Which platform does it leave from?
Partner says: Platform three. There's a later train if you need it. Your goal: Is the ticket valid for the next train?
Reveal a sample reply
A passagem vale para o próximo trem?
Is the ticket valid for the next train?
Partner says: Yes, your ticket covers that service. You have a short connection. Your goal: What happens if I miss the connection?
Reveal a sample reply
O que acontece se eu perder a conexão?
What happens if I miss the connection?
Make it your own
- Change the destination.
- Miss a connection.
- Ask about the return journey.
Keep the useful expression and change the detail. There can be several appropriate answers; the revealed replies are examples to learn from.
This rehearsal in other languages
A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
