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Travel is the nineteenth skill in the German language tree. It has a total of five lessons and teaches how to tell time in the context of travelling by train.

Grammar Notes[]

Half to[]

In German, when telling the time, "halb neun" doesn't mean half past nine, but half to nine (so eight thirty).

Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

  • zwanzig = twenty
  • dreißig = thirty
  • die Fahrkarte = ticket
  • die Fahrkarten = tickets
  • nach = to
  • Hin-und-Rückfahrt = round-trip

Lesson 2[]

  • genau = exactly
  • ... Uhr = ... o'clock
  • die Abfahrt = departure
  • die Minute = minute
  • der Zug = train
  • halb ... = half to ...(see above)
  • spät = late

Lesson 3[]

  • die Achtung = attention, warning
  • schnell = fast
  • der ICE = express train (short for Intercity Express)
  • es gibt = there is/are
  • die Verspätung = delay
  • das Gleis = track

Lesson 4[]

  • fällt aus = is canceled
  • das Reisezentrum = travel center
  • stornieren = cancel
  • die Kreditkarte = credit card
  • Sie können = you can
  • du zahlst = you pay
  • zahlen = pay

Lesson 5[]

  • der Speisewagen = dining car
  • hinten = in the back
  • der Sitz = seat
  • frei = free
  • die Station = station
  • nächste = next
  • die Zugtür = train door

References[]

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Travel

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