Txartelak eta ordutegiak — tickets and schedules

Second stop: buying the ticket and not missing the train. Here you’ll recycle two tools from A1 — zenbat balio du? (prices) and telling time — and put them to work at the ticket office.

At the ticket office

English	Basque
The ticket	txartela
One-way	joaneko txartela
Round trip	joan-etorria
The ticket office / window	leihatila
The vending machine	makina
The schedule	ordutegia
The platform	nasa

Kaixo, joan-etorriko txartel bat Bilbora, mesedez. — Hello, a round-trip ticket to Bilbao, please.

— Zenbat balio du? — How much does it cost?

— 8,50 euro. Trena 2. nasatik aterako da, hamarrak eta laurdenetan. — €8.50. The train will depart from platform 2, at a quarter past ten.

Schedule questions

Zer ordutan ateratzen da hurrengo trena? — What time does the next train leave?

Noiz iritsiko gara Gasteizera? — When will we arrive in Vitoria?

Zenbat denbora behar da Iruñera? — How long does it take to get to Pamplona?

Azken autobusa gaueko hamaiketan ateratzen da. — The last bus leaves at eleven at night.

Delays and punctuality

English	Basque
It’s running late	berandu dabil
It arrives on time	garaiz iritsi da
It has been canceled	bertan behera geratu da
There’s a strike	greba dago

Trena hamar minutu berandu dabil. — The train is running ten minutes late.

Gaur greba dago; autobus gutxiago daude. — There’s a strike today; there are fewer buses.

Dialogue: in a hurry at the station

— Aizu! Zer ordutan ateratzen da Donostiarako trena?

— Hamikak hogei gutxitan… bi minutu barru!

— Ai ama! Zein nasatatik?

— Hirugarrenetik. Korrika eginda, garaiz helduko zara!

— Eta bestela… hurrengoa noiz dago?

— Ordu erdi barru. Lasai, kafe bat hartzeko denbora izango duzu. 😄