CEFR Level:
- A2 Level (Advanced Beginner)
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How to Ask for Clarification in Spanish (w/ FREE Script and Audio)
Título: Cómo pedir aclaraciones en la estación de tren
Personajes: Elena (pasajera), Enrique (agente de tren) y María (pasajera)
Escenario: Elena compra un billete en la taquilla, confirma los detalles de su viaje con el agente y resuelve un malentendido con el asiento dentro del vagón.
Title: How to Ask for Clarification at the Train Station Characters: Elena (passenger), Enrique (station agent), and María (passenger)Setting: Elena buys a ticket at the ticket counter, double-checks her trip details with the agent, and resolves a seat mix-up inside the train car.
At the train station counter Elena buys her ticket from Enrique, the station agent.
Elena:
Hola, buenos días. Quería comprar un billete de ida y vuelta a Madrid, por favor. NM: Hello, good morning. I would like to buy a round-trip ticket to Madrid, please. LT: Hello, good days. I wanted to buy a ticket of go and return to Madrid, please.
Hola, buenos días. Quería comprar un billete de ida y vuelta a Madrid, por favor. NM: Hello, good morning. I would like to buy a round-trip ticket to Madrid, please. LT: Hello, good days. I wanted to buy a ticket of go and return to Madrid, please.
Enrique:
Muy bien. ¿Prefiere asiento de ventana o asiento de pasillo? NM: Very well. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? LT: Very well. You prefer seat of window or seat of hallway?
Muy bien. ¿Prefiere asiento de ventana o asiento de pasillo? NM: Very well. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? LT: Very well. You prefer seat of window or seat of hallway?
Elena:
Un asiento de ventana, por favor. ¿Hay asientos disponibles? NM: A window seat, please. Are there seats available? LT: A seat of window, please. There are seats available?
Un asiento de ventana, por favor. ¿Hay asientos disponibles? NM: A window seat, please. Are there seats available? LT: A seat of window, please. There are seats available?
Enrique:
Sí, todavía hay bastantes asientos disponibles. NM: Yes, there are still quite a few seats available. LT: Yes, still there are enough seats available.
Sí, todavía hay bastantes asientos disponibles. NM: Yes, there are still quite a few seats available. LT: Yes, still there are enough seats available.
Elena:
¿Cuánto dura el viaje y es directo? NM: How long is the trip, and is it direct? LT: How much lasts the trip and it is direct?
¿Cuánto dura el viaje y es directo? NM: How long is the trip, and is it direct? LT: How much lasts the trip and it is direct?
Enrique:
Dura dos horas y es directo. ¿Va a pagar en efectivo o con tarjeta? NM: It takes two hours and it is direct. Are you going to pay in cash or with a card? LT: It lasts two hours and is direct. You are going to pay in cash or with card?
Dura dos horas y es directo. ¿Va a pagar en efectivo o con tarjeta? NM: It takes two hours and it is direct. Are you going to pay in cash or with a card? LT: It lasts two hours and is direct. You are going to pay in cash or with card?
Elena:
Con tarjeta, por favor. ¿A qué hora es la hora de salida? NM: With a card, please. What time is the departure time? LT: With card, Please. At what hour is the hour of exit?
Con tarjeta, por favor. ¿A qué hora es la hora de salida? NM: With a card, please. What time is the departure time? LT: With card, Please. At what hour is the hour of exit?
Enrique:
Sale a las quince horas desde la estación de tren. NM: It leaves at 3:00 PM from the train station. LT: It leaves at the fifteen hours from the station of train.
Sale a las quince horas desde la estación de tren. NM: It leaves at 3:00 PM from the train station. LT: It leaves at the fifteen hours from the station of train.
Elena double-checks the departure time and platform with Enrique.
Elena:
Disculpe, tengo una duda. ¿Cuándo es el siguiente tren? NM: Excuse me, I have a question. When is the next train? LT: Excuse me, I have a doubt. When is the next train?
Disculpe, tengo una duda. ¿Cuándo es el siguiente tren? NM: Excuse me, I have a question. When is the next train? LT: Excuse me, I have a doubt. When is the next train?
Enrique:
El próximo sale a las catorce horas y el anterior salió a las trece. NM: The next one leaves at 2:00 PM and the previous one left at 1:00 PM. LT: The next leaves at the fourteen hours and the previous left at the thirteen.
El próximo sale a las catorce horas y el anterior salió a las trece. NM: The next one leaves at 2:00 PM and the previous one left at 1:00 PM. LT: The next leaves at the fourteen hours and the previous left at the thirteen.
Si tiene prisa, puedo cambiar su viaje para las catorce en vez de las quince.
NM: If you are in a hurry, I can change your trip to 2:00 PM instead of 3:00 PM.
LT: If you have hurry, I can change your trip for the fourteen in place of the fifteen.
Elena:
¿La hora de llegada del viaje de las quince está confirmada o el tren suele llegar con retraso? NM: Is the arrival time for the 3:00 PM trip confirmed, or does the train usually arrive late? LT: The hour of arrival of the trip of the fifteen is confirmed or the train tends to arrive with delay?
¿La hora de llegada del viaje de las quince está confirmada o el tren suele llegar con retraso? NM: Is the arrival time for the 3:00 PM trip confirmed, or does the train usually arrive late? LT: The hour of arrival of the trip of the fifteen is confirmed or the train tends to arrive with delay?
Enrique:
Suele llegar a tiempo. Es muy puntual y bastante rápido. NM: It usually arrives on time. It is very punctual and quite fast. LT: It tends to arrive to time. It is very punctual and quite fast.
Suele llegar a tiempo. Es muy puntual y bastante rápido. NM: It usually arrives on time. It is very punctual and quite fast. LT: It tends to arrive to time. It is very punctual and quite fast.
Elena:
No quiero llegar tarde, pero tampoco tengo prisa. NM: I don’t want to arrive late, but I’m not in a hurry either. LT: Not I want to arrive late, but neither I have hurry.
No quiero llegar tarde, pero tampoco tengo prisa. NM: I don’t want to arrive late, but I’m not in a hurry either. LT: Not I want to arrive late, but neither I have hurry.
Así que me quedo con el viaje de las quince. ¿De qué andén sale?
NM: So I’ll keep the 3:00 PM trip. Which platform does it leave from?
LT: So myself I stay with the trip of the fifteen. From what platform it leaves
Enrique:
Sale del andén 4. NM: It leaves from platform 4. LT: It leaves from the platform 4.
Sale del andén 4. NM: It leaves from platform 4. LT: It leaves from the platform 4.
Elena:
¿Y para el tren en Madrid? ¿Verdad? NM: And does the train stop in Madrid? Right? LT: And stops the train in Madrid? Right?
¿Y para el tren en Madrid? ¿Verdad? NM: And does the train stop in Madrid? Right? LT: And stops the train in Madrid? Right?
Enrique:
Por supuesto, el tren para en Madrid. NM: Of course, the train stops in Madrid. LT: Of course, the train stops in Madrid.
Por supuesto, el tren para en Madrid. NM: Of course, the train stops in Madrid. LT: Of course, the train stops in Madrid.
Elena:
Vale, muchas gracias. NM: Okay, thank you very much. LT: Okay, many thanks.
Vale, muchas gracias. NM: Okay, thank you very much. LT: Okay, many thanks.
Enrique:
A usted. NM: You’re welcome. LT: To you.
A usted. NM: You’re welcome. LT: To you.
On board, Elena finds another passenger, María, sitting in her assigned spot.
Elena:
Hola, disculpe. Creo que ese es mi asiento. NM: Hello, excuse me. I think that is my seat. LT: Hello, excuse me. I think that that is my seat.
Hola, disculpe. Creo que ese es mi asiento. NM: Hello, excuse me. I think that is my seat. LT: Hello, excuse me. I think that that is my seat.
Tengo el billete de ida para el asiento catorce A.
NM: I have the one-way ticket for seat 14A.
LT: I have the ticket of go for the seat fourteen A.
María:
Ah, lo siento mucho. Pensaba que estaba libre. NM: Oh, I am so sorry. I thought it was available. LT: Ah, it I feel much. I thought that it was free.
Ah, lo siento mucho. Pensaba que estaba libre. NM: Oh, I am so sorry. I thought it was available. LT: Ah, it I feel much. I thought that it was free.
Elena:
Hay más asientos disponibles un poco más adelante. NM: There are more seats available a little further ahead. LT: There are more seats available a little more ahead.
Hay más asientos disponibles un poco más adelante. NM: There are more seats available a little further ahead. LT: There are more seats available a little more ahead.
María:
Muchas gracias por la aclaración, ahora mismo me muevo. NM: Thank you very much for clarifying, I will move right now. LT: Many thanks for the clarification, right now myself I move.
Muchas gracias por la aclaración, ahora mismo me muevo. NM: Thank you very much for clarifying, I will move right now. LT: Many thanks for the clarification, right now myself I move.
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