Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the Castle? / How can I get to the Castle?
(the Charles Bridge, the metro station, the Old Town Square, the National Theatre)
Excuse me. Is there an ATM near here?
(a metro station, a tram stop, a bus stop, a railway station, a car park, taxi stand)
Yes, certainly. / Sure. Well, I’m afraid I don’t know. 1) FIRST Go down this street. Go straight. (to the traffic lights, till you get to the main street) Go up the street. Go up the escalators. 2) THEN Turn right. Turn left. Take the first on the right (on your right). Take the second on the left (on your left). Pass the post office. Go past the department store. Go over the bridge. Go through the park. Cross the street. Go across the square.
Yes, there is. No, not around here I’m afraid. Well, I’m afraid I don’t know.
POST OFFICE
Is it far? No, it isn’t very far. You can walk there in ten minutes. Well, it is quite far. You’d better take a tram. • • • • • • • take a tram / take a bus / go by tram / go by bus take tram no. ... / take bus no. ... take the underground, take the metro, take the A line get on at ... change at ... change to the C line (red line) get off at ...
Read the text above and translate these words and phrases into Czech:
Pamatujte! V instrukcích na cestu ROZKAZUJEME! GO DOWN this street! GO STRAIGHT! GO UP the stairs! GO DOWN the GO OVER escalators! the bridge!
TURN RIGHT! TURN LEFT!
TAKE THE SECOND on the left!
TAKE THE THIRD on the right!
GO THROUGH the park!
GO ACROSS the street! / CROSS the street!
GO PAST the How can I get post office! / to the Charles PASS the post Bridge? office!
Excuse me! Is it far? Can you tell - No, it isn’t me the way to very far. the airport?
TAKE a tram! TAKE a bus! TAKE the metro!
GET ON AT (Museum).
CHANGE AT (Můstek).
CHANGE TO (the A line).
GET OFF AT (Dejvická).
ATM (automated BUS STOP, teller machine) / TRAM STOP CASHPOINT
RAILWAY STATION, METRO STATION
... TILL YOU GET TO ...
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
DEPARTMENT STORE, SHOPPING CENTRE
SQUARE
BRIDGE
STAIRS, ESCALATORS
METRO / UNDERGROUND / TUBE / SUBWAY
Answers:
GO DOWN this street! Jděte touto ulicí.
GO STRAIGHT! Jděte rovně.
GO UP the stairs! Jděte nahoru po schodech. TAKE THE SECOND on the left! Zahněte druhou doleva. How can I get to the Charles Bridge?
GO DOWN the escalators! Sjeďte dolů po eskalátorech. TAKE THE THIRD on the right! Zahněte třetí doprava.
GO OVER the bridge! Přejděte přes most. GO THROUGH the park! Projděte parkem. Is it far? - No, it isn’t very far. Je to daleko? - Ne, není to moc daleko. GET OFF AT (Dejvická). Vystupte na (Dejvické).
TURN RIGHT! TURN LEFT! Zahněte doprava. GO ACROSS the street! / CROSS the street! Přejděte ulici. Zahněte doleva. GO PAST the post office! / PASS the post office!
Excuse me! Can you tell me the way to the airport? Zahněte doleva. Jak se dostanu Promiňte! ke Karlovu Můžete mi říct most? cestu na letiště? GET ON AT (Museum). Nastupte na (Muzeu). CHANGE AT (Můstek). Přestupte na (Můstku). CHANGE TO (the A line). Přestupte na (“áčko”).
TAKE a tram! TAKE a bus! TAKE the metro! Jeďte tramvají! Jeďte autobusem! Jeďte metrem!
ATM (automated BUS STOP, teller machine) / TRAM STOP CASHPOINT
RAILWAY STATION, METRO STATION vlakové nádraží, stanice metra BRIDGE
... TILL YOU GET TO ...
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
bankomat
autobusová zastávka, tramvajová zastávka
... až se dostanete k ...
semafory
DEPARTMENT SQUARE STORE, SHOPPING CENTRE obchodní dům, náměstí nákupní centrum
STAIRS, ESCALATORS schody, eskalátory
METRO
(in Prague and Paris) /
most
UNDERGROUND / TUBE / SUBWAY metro