| Do you know how to talk about transportation in Spanish? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about transportation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Let's look at the main dialogue. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Two people are having a conversation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Voy a verlos a las siete. Voy a ir a la Condesa en metro. ¿Quieres venir conmigo? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | "I'm going to see them at seven. I'm going to go to La Condesa by subway. Do you want to come with me?" | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Estoy cansado. Voy a ir en taxi. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | "I'm tired. I'm going to go by taxi." | 
                                                                
                                                                            | In this conversation, both people talked about how they would get to the destination. This person | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Says Voy a ir a la Condesa en metro. "I'm going to go to La Condesa by subway." | 
                                                                
                                                                            | In this sentence, we have the expression en metro, meaning "by subway," and it is preceded by the preposition en. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Then, this person | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Says Voy a ir en taxi. "I'm going to go by taxi." In this sentence, we see the phrase en taxi, which means by taxi. The preposition en is used here as well. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | In Spanish, en is a preposition that most commonly means "in," "on," or "by," depending on the context. When talking about means of transportation, en is typically translated as "by." | 
                                                                
                                                                            | But, when you talk about going somewhere on foot, you don't use en like you would with other types of transportation. Instead, the fixed expression is a pie, which means "on foot." | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Let's practice with more transportation vocabulary in this lesson. | 
                                                        
                     
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