Spanish grammar
AVE, clase, descuento, asiento
Buy a long-distance train ticket: class, discount, seat.
From the scene En la taquilla (At the ticket office)
In short
On long trips, choose clase turista or preferente, ask for a descuento, and pick your asiento.
- tourist/economy class clase turista
- premium class clase preferente
- discount descuento
- window seat asiento de ventanilla
Your turn
Which one goes with premium class?
Options: clase turista · descuento · clase preferente
Show answer
premium class → clase preferente
How it works
For long trips, say the class you want (clase turista / preferente), ask about a descuento (discount), and choose your asiento (seat).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
¿Qué (blank) prefieres, turista o preferente?
Options: ventanilla · descuento · clase
Show answer
¿Qué clase prefieres, turista o preferente?
Which class do you prefer, tourist or premium?
Good to know
De ventanilla (window) or de pasillo (aisle).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Claro, Doña Elena. ¿(blank) o preferente?
Options: Turista · Barato · Rápido
Show answer
Claro, Doña Elena. ¿Turista o preferente?
Of course, Doña Elena. Tourist or premium?
tourist/economy class clase turista
premium class clase preferente
Your turn
What goes with clase preferente?
Options: tourist/economy class · discount · premium class
Show answer
clase preferente → premium class
discount descuento
Javi
¿Tiene descuento de jubilada?
Do you have a senior discount?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
¿Tiene (blank) de jubilada?
Options: descuento · clase turista · clase preferente
Show answer
Javi
¿Tiene descuento de jubilada?
Do you have a senior discount?
window seat asiento de ventanilla
Nuria
Un asiento de ventanilla, por favor.
A window seat, please.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Un (blank), por favor.
Options: clase preferente · asiento de ventanilla · clase turista
Show answer
Nuria
Un asiento de ventanilla, por favor.
A window seat, please.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| tourist/economy class | clase turista |
|---|---|
| premium class | clase preferente |
| discount | descuento |
| window seat | asiento de ventanilla |
More lines from the story
- NuriaTurista. Preferente es muy caro.Tourist. Premium is very expensive.
- Javi¿Qué clase prefieres, turista o preferente?Which class do you prefer, tourist or premium?
- JaviClaro, Doña Elena. ¿Turista o preferente?Of course, Doña Elena. Tourist or premium?
- ElenaPreferente, cariño. Tengo ochenta años.Premium, dear. I'm eighty.