Conversations · Lesson 9

Trains: ask staff, change, announcements, missed stops

すみません、桜町さくらまちに行いきたいんですが。

Ask station staff the way, where to change and whether a train stops there; use IC cards and top up; catch announcements; handle missed stops and wrong trains.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: first trip to Sakuramachi
  2. 02How to ask station staff
  3. 03Tickets and IC cards
  4. 04Platform and on-train announcements (you only need to understand these)
  5. 05Missing your stop, taking the wrong train
  6. 06Station and train etiquette

Practice

  • Match the announcements to their meaning
  • How would you reply, and what should you do?
  • Match each phrase to its situation
  • Which sentence says what you want?
  • Choose the word for each blank
  • Change to a polite way of speaking to station staff
  • Put the dialogue in order

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