Transportation

1. Un billete para Santiago de Compostela, por favor

   One ticket to Santiago de Compostela, please

   Usage

   Use it at a ticket counter in a station or bus terminal; swap in any destination

   Grammar Note

   billete is the word for ticket (not Portuguese "bilhete"). Use the official Galician place names such as A Coruña or Vigo

2. A que hora sae o próximo autobús?

   What time does the next bus leave?

   Usage

   Asks about the departure time at a stop or terminal

   Grammar Note

   hora is feminine and the question word "que" has no accent. The third person of saír is sae. Portuguese "autocarro" is not used

3. Pode chamarme un taxi, por favor?

   Could you call me a taxi, please?

   Usage

   A polite request to a hotel or shop to call a taxi (to vostede)

   Grammar Note

   The pronoun me attaches to the infinitive without a hyphen. taxi is a masculine loanword pronounced with [ks]

4. Está lonxe de aquí?

   Is it far from here?

   Usage

   A basic question about distance. Answers: "Está preto" (it is near), "Está lonxe" (it is far)

   Grammar Note

   lonxe is spelled with x (not Spanish "lejos" nor Portuguese "longe"). Location uses estar

5. Necesito un billete de ida e volta

   I need a return ticket

   Usage

   When you need a return ticket. A single is "un billete de ida"

   Grammar Note

   The connector is "e" (not Spanish "y"). The RAG dictionary itself gives "viaxe de ida e volta"

6. Pode ir máis devagar, por favor?

   Could you go more slowly, please?

   Usage

   Asks a taxi driver or similar to slow down (to vostede)

   Grammar Note

   máis carries an accent. A synonym of devagar is amodo

7. Cantos minutos se tardan a pé?

   How many minutes does it take on foot?

   Usage

   Asks how long a place takes on foot

   Grammar Note

   cantos agrees with masculine plural minutos, and the verb tardan agrees with it too. "On foot" is a pé

8. Esta é a parada correcta para o aeroporto?

   Is this the right stop for the airport?

   Usage

   Checks at a bus stop that this is the stop for your destination

   Grammar Note

   parada is feminine, so esta and correcta are feminine too. The verb form é carries an accent

9. Onde está a parada de autobús?

   Where is the bus stop?

   Usage

   Asks where to catch a bus

   Grammar Note

   autobús carries an accent. Its plural is autobuses

10. Onde está a estación de tren?

    Where is the train station?

    Usage

    Asks where the railway station is

    Grammar Note

    estación is feminine. tren is masculine and its plural is trens (-n → -ns)

11. Onde está a estación de autobuses?

    Where is the bus station?

    Usage

    Asks where the long-distance bus terminal is

    Grammar Note

    The bus terminal is normally called "estación de autobuses", with the plural

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