Spanish grammar
Vocabulario del tren
Talk about seats, stops and delays on a journey.
From the scene En el tren (On the train)
In short
On the train: vagón, asiento, ventanilla, pasillo, parada.
- carriage vagón
- window / aisle ventanilla / pasillo
- seat asiento
- stop parada
Your turn
Which one goes with window / aisle?
Options: asiento · ventanilla / pasillo · vagón
Show answer
window / aisle → ventanilla / pasillo
How it works
Useful train words: el vagón (carriage), el asiento (seat), la ventanilla (window seat), el pasillo (aisle), la parada (stop).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Vale, entonces yo tengo el (blank).
Options: pasillo · ventanilla · parada
Show answer
Vale, entonces yo tengo el pasillo.
OK, then I have the aisle.
Good to know
Combine them with verbs you already know.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
¿Cuántas (blank) hay?
Options: asientos · paradas · vagones
Show answer
¿Cuántas paradas hay?
How many stops are there?
carriage vagón
Nuria
El vagón cinco. Asientos doce y trece.
Carriage five. Seats twelve and thirteen.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
El (blank) cinco. Asientos doce y trece.
Options: parada · vagón · ventanilla
Show answer
Nuria
El vagón cinco. Asientos doce y trece.
Carriage five. Seats twelve and thirteen.
window / aisle ventanilla / pasillo
Javi
¿Ventanilla o pasillo?
Window or aisle?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
¿(blank) o pasillo?
Options: Ventanilla · Vagón · Asiento
Show answer
Javi
¿Ventanilla o pasillo?
Window or aisle?
seat asiento
stop parada
Your turn
What goes with parada?
Options: window / aisle · stop · carriage
Show answer
parada → stop
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
| carriage | vagón |
|---|---|
| window / aisle | ventanilla / pasillo |
| seat | asiento |
| stop | parada |
More lines from the story
- JaviVale, entonces yo tengo el pasillo.OK, then I have the aisle.
- Nuria¿Cuántas paradas hay?How many stops are there?
- NuriaVentanilla, por favor. Me encanta el paisaje.Window, please. I love the scenery.
- NuriaTreinta minutos. Hay un problema con el tren.Thirty minutes. There's a problem with the train.