| 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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