30: How to buy train and bus tickets

Published: Oct. 22, 2017, 1 p.m.

When you visit Italy, you\u2019ll probably need to buy train and bus tickets, whether it\u2019s to get to your accommodation or explore the town and surrounding areas.

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Today\u2019s words
\nScusi = excuse me (formal, with people you don\u2019t know)
\nSi pu\xf2 = is it possible (literally: can one?)
\nSi pu\xf2 comprare un biglietto = is it possible to buy a ticket? (literally: can one buy a ticket?)
\nPer = for
\nIl tram = the tram
\nQui = here
\nAllora = so/in that case
\nPrendo = I\u2019ll have (literally: I take)
\nUn biglietto giornaliero = a day travel pass
\nMi dispiace = sorry
\nBisogna = it\u2019s necessary
\nAndare = go
\nA = to
\nLa stazione = the station
\nA + la = alla (to the)
\nAlla stazione = to the station
\nDi = of
\nLa = the
\nDi + la = della (of the)
\nLa stazione della metro = the metro station (literally = the station of the metro)
\nAeroporto di Londra = London Airport
\nBiglietti = tickets (change o to i for the plural).
\nAllora prendo quattro biglietti singoli = In that case I\u2019ll have 4 single tickets
\nSono sei euro = that\u2019s 6 euros (literally: they are 6 euros)