A2DialogueTravel1 min

Een kaartje kopen

At the ticket window: where to, when back, and is there a discount?

A conversation at the counter. Watch enkele reis, “a single”, and retour, “a return”, the time with over and voor, and the u of the clerk.

Medewerker

Goedemorgen, waar wilt u naartoe?

Lars

Naar Maastricht, alstublieft.

Medewerker

Enkele reis of retour?

Lars

Retour. Ik kom morgen terug.

Medewerker

Dat is samen achtenveertig euro.

Lars

Is er korting voor studenten?

Medewerker

Alleen met een kaart van de universiteit. Heeft u die?

Lars

Nee, die heb ik niet bij me. Dan betaal ik de normale prijs.

Medewerker

De trein vertrekt om tien over negen van spoor vijf.

Lars

Dank u wel!

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Dutch for your trip

Words: 63
Sentences: 13
Words per sentence: 4.8
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

tien over negen
tien over negen is 9.10: on the clock “past” is over. Hoe laat is het? Telling the time →
die heb ik niet bij me
die stands alone for a word already mentioned and moves to the front: die heb ik niet bij me, “that one I do not have with me”. deze, die, dit, dat: demonstrative pronouns →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 12 of the 52 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

de korting
the discount
A2
de prijs
the price
A2
de reis
journey, trip
A2
de retour
return ticket
A2
de student
student (university, college)
A2
de universiteit
university
A2
enkele
a few, some
A2
het spoor
track, platform (rail)
A2
naartoe
to (where)
A2
normaal
normal
A2
terug
back
A2
vertrekken
to leave, to depart
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Greetings and politeness 3 Travel and transport 3 Verb forms 3 Shopping 2 Where things are 2 School and study 2 Town and getting around 2 Odds and ends for every day 1 Qualities 1 Numbers and quantities 1

The verbs on this page, in every form: zijn · hebben · komen · willen · betalen · vertrekken

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Waar wil Lars naartoe?

2. Waarom krijgt Lars geen korting?

3. Van welk spoor vertrekt de trein?