Survival Spanish Part 2: Phrases for travelling

So you're traveling to Latin America or Spain soon and you need to know some basic phrases in Spanish to help get you by! This tutorial will help you with asking directions in Spanish for when you are travelling. This is especially helpful if you want to get to your destination but don't know how to ask where you location is.

Let's start with some vocabulary. Note that in Spanish, a noun can be masculine or feminine so depending on the gender of the noun, it will affect the article that is used for the noun (this is similar to French which also uses gender for nouns).

Spanish	English	Comments
dónde	where
en	in/on/at
baño	bath or bathroom	masculine noun
el	the	singular, masculine definite article for "the"
la	the	singular, feminine definite article for "the"
aeropuerto	airport	masculine noun
metro	subway, metro	masculine noun
autobús	bus	masculine noun
parada	stop	feminine noun
de	from, of
parada de autobús	bus stop	feminine noun
taxi	taxi	masculine noun
parada de taxis	taxi stand
hotel	hotel	masculine noun
habla	speak/speech	third person singular, present of the indicative mood
yo	I

Great! Once you have mastered the vocabulary above, let's start with some phrases and questions for when you are travelling:

English	Spanish	Comments
Where is the bathroom?	¿Dónde está el baño?
Where is the airport?	¿Dónde está el aeropuerto?
Where is the subway?	¿Dónde está el metro?
Where is the bus stop?	¿Dónde está la parada de autobús?
Where is the taxi stand?	¿Dónde está la parada de taxis?
Where is the hotel?	¿Dónde está el hotel?
Do you speak Spanish?	¿Hablas Español?
Do you speak English?	¿Habla Inglés?
I speak Spanish.	Yo hablo Español.
I speak English.	Yo hablo Inglés.

Please try part 3 of our Spanish survival guide.

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