25 min

language learning center · A2 · Lesson 5

Getting travel help

Practice this topic in Spanish: Getting travel help.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Lucía

Perdone, ¿cómo llego a la estación?

Excuse me, how do I get to the station?

Mateo

Siga todo recto hasta el semáforo.

Go straight ahead to the traffic light.

Lucía

Gire a la izquierda en la esquina.

Turn left at the corner.

Mateo

Está enfrente del banco.

It is opposite the bank.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • Perdone, ¿cómo llego a la estación?

    Excuse me, how do I get to the station?

    Perdone, ¿cómo llego a la estación?

  • Siga todo recto hasta el semáforo.

    Go straight ahead to the traffic light.

    Siga todo recto hasta el semáforo.

  • Gire a la izquierda en la esquina.

    Turn left at the corner.

    Gire a la izquierda en la esquina.

  • Está enfrente del banco.

    It is opposite the bank.

    Está enfrente del banco.

  • ¿Está muy lejos a pie?

    Is it very far on foot?

    ¿Está muy lejos a pie?

Notice, try, and speak

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Excuse me, how do I get to the station?”

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Excuse me, how do I get to the station?”

Make it yours

Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Spanish in a real conversation

  1. 1. Perdone, ¿cómo llego a la estación?
  2. 2. Siga todo recto hasta el semáforo.
  3. 3. Gire a la izquierda en la esquina.
  4. 4. Está enfrente del banco.
  5. 5. ¿Está muy lejos a pie?
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