11 phrases · You are travelling.

English for travelling

Travelling English is short, repeatable and high-stakes only because it happens fast: asking for directions, checking a platform, booking a room, saying you do not understand and asking someone to repeat. Almost all of it is fixed phrases, so it is the quickest situation to become fluent in.

What to say

Each one is the pattern, then the exact sentence to say here, then what it means in Hindi.

Asking for information

Where is {NOUN}?
A1
“Excuse me, where is platform four?”
Ask where something or somebody is.
___ कहाँ है?
say it as: Where is / the station · anywhere
How much is {NOUN}?
A1
“How much is a ticket to Pune?”
Ask the price of something.
___ कितने का है?
say it as: How much is / this shirt · anywhere
Could you tell me {CLAUSE}?
A2
“Could you tell me which platform the train leaves from?”
Ask for information politely — the safest opener with a stranger.
क्या आप मुझे बता सकते हैं कि ___?
say it as: Could you tell me / where the office is · polite — strangers, seniors, customers
How long does it take to {VERB}?
A2
“How long does it take to reach the airport from here?”
Ask how much time something needs.
___ करने में कितना समय लगता है?
say it as: How long does it take / to get there · anywhere
Do you know how to {VERB}?
A2
“Do you know how to buy a ticket from the machine?”
Ask whether somebody has a skill — and open the door to being taught.
क्या आपको ___ करना आता है?
say it as: Do you know / how to fix this · anywhere

Describing things and people

It looks like {CLAUSE}
A2
“It looks like the train is delayed again.”
Say what the evidence suggests, without claiming certainty.
ऐसा लगता है कि ___।
say it as: It looks like / it will rain · anywhere

Asking for something

Would you mind {-ING}?
A2
“Would you mind swapping seats so I can sit with my family?”
Ask for something that costs the other person some effort.
क्या आपको ___ करने में परेशानी होगी?
say it as: Would you mind / opening the window · polite — strangers, seniors, customers

Talking about the past

I've never {PAST PARTICIPLE}
A2
“I've never taken this route before.”
Say that something has not happened in your whole life so far.
मैंने कभी ___ नहीं किया।
say it as: I've never / been to Delhi · anywhere

When it goes wrong mid-sentence

Could you say that again
A2
“Could you say that again? Which platform was it?”
Ask for a repeat, politely and specifically.
क्या आप इसे फिर से कहेंगे?
say it as: Could you say that / again please · polite — strangers, seniors, customers

Telling what happened

It turned out that {CLAUSE}
B1
“It turned out that the booking was for the following week.”
Reveal what was actually going on, once you found out.
बाद में पता चला कि ___।
say it as: It turned out / that the file had been sent to the wrong address · anywhere

Talking about what will happen

There's a good chance that {CLAUSE}
B2
“There's a good chance that the train is late — let us leave a buffer.”
Say something is likely, without promising it.
अच्छी संभावना है कि ___।
say it as: There's a good chance / that we will finish early · anywhere

Mistakes to avoid

Understood, but immediately marked as non-native. These are the ones worth un-learning before the day itself.

Commonly said	Correct English
Where the station is?	Where is the station? In a question, "is" comes before the thing you are asking about.
How much this costs?	How much does this cost? A question about an action needs "do" or "does" in front of it.
It looks like as if it will rain.	It looks like it will rain. Choose one: "looks like" or "looks as if". Not both.
Could you tell me where is the office?	Could you tell me where the office is? Inside a longer question the word order goes back to normal — "where the office is", not "where is the office".
How much time it takes to get there?	How long does it take to get there? A question about an action needs "does" in front of it.
Would you mind to open the window?	Would you mind opening the window? After "mind", a verb takes -ing. This is the single most common mistake with this pattern.

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