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Ask for key transport vocabulary with example sentences

Mastering Transportation in German: Your Essential Guide: Ask for key transport vocabulary with example sentences
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Here are some key transport vocabulary words along with example sentences for each:

  • Transport: Buses and trains are forms of transport.
  • Car: He drives a car to work.
  • Bus: She takes the bus to school.
  • Train: He traveled by train across the country.
  • Plane: She boarded the plane for her flight.
  • Bicycle: He rides his bicycle to the park.
  • Ship: They went on a cruise ship for vacation.
  • Motorcycle: He enjoys riding his motorcycle.
  • Taxi: She called a taxi to go to the airport.
  • Tram: She took the tram to the museum.
  • Subway: He takes the subway to work every day.

Additional transport-related vocabulary with examples:

  • Traffic light: I have to drive through ten sets of traffic lights on the way to work.
  • Traffic jam: The traffic jam was caused by roadworks near the shopping centre.
  • Heavy traffic: A sunny weekend leads to heavy traffic on the roads.
  • Roadworks: The roadworks were causing long delays for people travelling to work.
  • Speed limit: If you exceed the speed limit, you may have to pay a fine.
  • Rush hour: The roads are particularly congested during rush hour.
  • Carpool: If more people organized carpools, the roads wouldn’t be so congested.
  • Park-and-ride: The park-and-ride scheme encourages people to leave their cars on the outskirts and use public transport to get to the city center.

Basic transport phrases:

  • Driver: A person who drives a vehicle.
  • Passenger: A person who travels in a vehicle but is not the driver.
  • Ticket: A piece of paper or card that gives the holder the right to travel.
  • Fare: The money paid for a journey on public transport.
  • Station: A regular stopping place on a public transport route.
  • Platform: Where passengers wait to get on or off trains or buses.
  • Departure: The action of leaving.
  • Arrival: The action of arriving.

Sample sentence using these phrases:

  • Passenger: Excuse me, where can I buy a ticket for the bus to the city center?
  • Driver: The next bus departs at 10:30 AM from platform 3.
  • Passenger: Thank you! How much will the fare be?
  • Driver: It should be around $25, depending on traffic.

This collection covers a variety of transport vocabulary with useful example sentences to understand their context. 3, 5, 6

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