Lesson 7.2.1 · El transporte
🚌 Transport & Getting Around
Buses, trains, the metro in Medellín, and how to ask for directions when you're lost.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
Vehicles & stations
Colombia uses 'tiquete' or 'pasaje' for ticket; Spain uses 'billete'. Heads up: 'andén' often means 'sidewalk' in Colombia, not just train platform.
the bus
the train
the subway
car
bicycle
the ticket
the stop
the platform
the arrival
the theater
Example sentences
Necesito el bus, por favor.
I need the bus, please.
¿Dónde está el tren?
Where is the train?
Me gusta el metro.
I like the subway.
Mini-diálogo
¿Dónde está el bus?
Where is the bus?
Me gusta el tren.
I like the train.
Directions
Watch the trap: 'derecho' = straight, 'derecha' = right.
on the left / to the left
on the right / to the right
straight (ahead)
I am lost
Example sentences
a la izquierda.
on the left / to the left.
Siempre digo: "a la derecha".
I always say, "on the right / to the right."
La comida está derecho.
The food is straight (ahead).
Mini-diálogo
Siempre digo: "a la izquierda".
I always say, "on the left / to the left."
Una persona amable diría: "a la derecha".
A kind person would say, "on the right / to the right."
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
I am lost
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
derecho
la llegada
the subway
bicycle
car
el bus
Fill the blank
Siempre digo: "_____".
I always say, "on the right / to the right."
Fill the blank
¿Dónde está el _____?
Where is the train?
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