A1DialogueEveryday life1 min

Im Bus

Buying a ticket from the bus driver — and getting off at the right stop.

A short conversation on a city bus. Listen for numbers and prices, and for the polite Sie: the passenger and the driver do not know each other.

Jan

Guten Tag. Eine Fahrkarte, bitte.

Petra

Wohin fahren Sie?

Jan

Zum Bahnhof. Wie viel kostet das?

Petra

Zwei Euro achtzig.

Jan

Hier sind drei Euro.

Petra

Und zwanzig Cent zurück. Bitte schön.

Jan

Danke. Wie lange fahren wir zum Bahnhof?

Petra

Zwanzig Minuten. Es sind acht Haltestellen.

Jan

Sagen Sie mir bitte, wann ich aussteigen muss.

Petra

Ja, natürlich. Ich sage es Ihnen.

Jan

Vielen Dank!

Words: 56
Sentences: 17
Words per sentence: 3.3
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
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.

Zum Bahnhof · zum Bahnhof
zu + dem becomes zum: Zum Bahnhof. Contractions: im, zum, am →
Sagen Sie mir bitte
The polite imperative with Sie: verb first, then Sie — Sagen Sie mir bitte … Giving instructions →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 24 of the 44 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

acht
eight
A1
aussteigen
to get off
A2
bitte
please; you are welcome
A1
danke
thank you
A1
danken
to thank
A1
der Bahnhof
station
A1
der Cent
cent
A1
der Euro
euro
A1
der Tag
day
A1
die Fahrkarte
ticket
A1
die Haltestelle
stop (bus, tram)
A1
die Minute
minute
A1
drei
three
A1
fahren
to drive, to go
A1
kosten
to cost
A1
lang
long
A1
müssen
to have to
A1
natürlich
of course, naturally
A1
sagen
to say
A1
schön
beautiful, nice
A1
wann
when
A1
wohin
where to
A1
zwanzig
twenty
A1
zwei
two
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 11 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.

Numbers, time and dates 6 Greetings and introductions 3 The town and getting around 3 Shopping and money 2 Colours, shapes and sizes 2 Pronouns, articles and question words 2 Irregular verbs 2 Food and drink 1 The first verbs 1 Travel and transport 1 Saying and thinking 1

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. Wohin fährt Jan?

2. Wie viel kostet die Fahrkarte?

3. Wie lange dauert die Fahrt?