Spanish · Real conversations
Local transport: Spanish conversation practice
Find the right route and the right stop. 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 checking directions with a local person.
Goal: Find the right route and the right stop.
Read the conversation
Partner
Esta calle va hacia el museo.
Show English translation
This street leads toward the museum.
You
¿Voy por el camino correcto?
Show English translation
Am I going the right way?
Partner
Sí. Puede tomar este autobús en vez de caminar.
Show English translation
Yes. You can take this bus instead.
You
¿Cuántas paradas faltan?
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How many stops are left?
Partner
Tres paradas. A veces el autobús no se detiene en una parada vacía.
Show English translation
Three stops. The bus sometimes skips an empty stop.
You
¿Podría avisarme cuándo tengo que bajar?
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Could you tell me when to get off?
Partner
Claro. También puede ir caminando desde aquí.
Show English translation
Of course. You could also walk from here.
You
¿Se puede ir caminando?
Show English translation
Is it within walking distance?
Partner
Son unos veinte minutos. Hay una estación cerca del museo.
Show English translation
It's about twenty minutes. There's a station near the museum.
You
¿Este autobús para en la estación?
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Does this bus stop at the station?
Try your part first
Partner says: This street leads toward the museum. Your goal: Am I going the right way?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Voy por el camino correcto?
Am I going the right way?
Partner says: Yes. You can take this bus instead. Your goal: How many stops are left?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Cuántas paradas faltan?
How many stops are left?
Partner says: Three stops. The bus sometimes skips an empty stop. Your goal: Could you tell me when to get off?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Podría avisarme cuándo tengo que bajar?
Could you tell me when to get off?
Partner says: Of course. You could also walk from here. Your goal: Is it within walking distance?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Se puede ir caminando?
Is it within walking distance?
Partner says: It's about twenty minutes. There's a station near the museum. Your goal: Does this bus stop at the station?
Reveal a sample reply
¿Este autobús para en la estación?
Does this bus stop at the station?
Make it your own
- Travel on foot instead.
- Change the destination.
- Ask someone to point out the stop.
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 Spanish
These guides use broadly understandable Latin American Spanish. Tú is familiar and usted is respectful or formal, with important regional variation. Me gustaría and ¿podría …? are useful for considerate requests.
Keep accent marks and opening question marks. Some regions choose different everyday words. Follow the complete example rather than substituting English words one by one, especially with pronouns and expressions of preference.
