Lesson Transcript

Here is a list of topic words.
First is,
coche, coche, coche,
autobús, autobús, autobús,
avión, avión, avión,
bicicleta, bicicleta, bicicleta,
barco, barco, barco,
Do you know what coche means?
"car."
How about autobús?
"bus."
And avión?
"plane."
And what about bicicleta?
"bicycle."
And barco?
"boat."
Let's do some multiple choice.
Circle the correct answer.
What does avión mean?
"plane."
"bus" is autobús.
Circle the correct answer.
What does coche mean?
"car."
"subway" is metro.
One more. Circle the correct answer.
What does barco mean?
"boat."
"bicycle" is bicicleta.
Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
Ready? What are they saying?
Voy a la escuela en (pause with a tap of the finger).
Voy a la escuela en (pause with a tap of the finger).
bicicleta
bicicleta
Voy a la escuela en bicicleta.
Voy a la escuela en bicicleta.
"I go to school by bicycle."
Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying?
Mi padre va al trabajo en (pause with a tap of the finger).
Mi padre va al trabajo en (pause with a tap of the finger).
coche
coche
Mi padre va al trabajo en coche.
Mi padre va al trabajo en coche.
"My father goes to work by car."
Let's do some true or false questions now.
True or false —
Autobús means "bus."
True
Autobús means "bus."
One more.
True or false —
En avión means "on foot."
False
En avión means "by plane."
En avión.
"On foot" is a pie.
a pie
Let's do some listening practice.
Listen to me as I speak. Which word am I saying?
Mi esposa va a la oficina a pie.
Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time.
Mi esposa va a la oficina a pie.
a pie
a pie
A pie means "on foot," and it is preceded by the preposition a instead of en.
Mi esposa va a la oficina a pie.
"My wife goes to the office on foot."
Listen to me as I speak. What am I saying?
Voy a ir al parque en metro.
Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time.
Voy a ir al parque en metro.
en metro
en metro
En metro means "by subway," and it is preceded by the preposition en instead of a.
Voy a ir al parque en metro.
"I'm going to go to the park by subway."
Listen as I speak. What means of transport is each person using?
Voy a ir a la escuela en bicicleta.
Let's listen one more time.
Voy a ir a la escuela en bicicleta.
Did you hear, en bicicleta? En bicicleta means "by bicycle."
Voy a ir a la escuela en bicicleta.
"I'm going to go to school by bicycle."
How about...?
Voy a ir a la isla en barco.
Let's listen one more time.
Voy a ir a la isla en barco.
Did you hear, en barco? En barco means "by boat."
Voy a ir a la isla en barco.
"I'm going to go to the island by boat."
Next...
Voy a ir a París en avión.
One more time.
Voy a ir a París en avión.
Did you hear, en avión? En avión means "by plane."
Voy a ir a París en avión.
"I'm going to go to Paris by plane."
Next...
Voy a ir al supermercado en autobús.
One more time.
Voy a ir al supermercado en autobús.
Did you hear, en autobús? En autobús means "by bus."
Voy a ir al supermercado en autobús.
"I'm going to go to the supermarket by bus."
And...
Voy a ir a la playa en coche.
One more time.
Voy a ir a la playa en coche.
Did you hear, en coche? En coche means "by car."
Voy a ir a la playa en coche.
"I'm going to go to the beach by car."
Now you know how to talk about transportation in Spanish.
...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on SpanishPod101.com.
Nos vemos.

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