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You ask whether this is your carriage and seat: what to say in Spanish
You ask whether this is your carriage and seat.
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How it's done. The carriage is coche, seat plaza or asiento; the ticket shows coche and plaza; ask ¿Es este el coche cinco?Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Perdone, ¿este es el coche cinco?
Pehr-DOH-neh, ES-teh es el KOH-cheh SEEN-koh?
Excuse me, is this carriage five?
THEY SAY
Sí, este es el cinco.See, ES-teh es el SEEN-koh.
Yes, this is five.
They might also say:
Sí. El seis es el siguiente.
See. El says es el see-GYAYN-teh.
Yes. Six is the next one.
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YOU REPLY
Mi asiento es el doce, junto a la ventana.
Mee uh-SYAYN-toh es el DOH-seh, KHOON-toh uh lah bayn-TAH-nuh.
My seat is twelve, by the window.
THEY SAY
Pase por aquí, está al fondo.PAH-seh por uh-KEE, es-TAH ahl FOHN-doh.
Come through here, it's at the back.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Buen viaje.Deh NAH-duh. Boo-AYN BYAH-kheh.
You're welcome. Have a good trip.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Perdone
Pehr-DOH-neh
verb
excuse me, sorry
es
es
verb
is
coche
KOH-cheh
noun
car
Sí
See
adverb
yes
asiento
uh-SYAYN-toh
noun
seat
junto
KHOON-toh
adjective
together
20 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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