There will be times when you'll choose another form of transportation besides the metro. The following phrases will come in handy.
| ехать на | автобусе троллейбусе трамвае машине такси метро |
Я еду на автобусе. | I'm taking the bus. |
Ты едешь на троллейбусе. | You're taking the trolley. |
Он едет на трамвае. | He's taking the tram. |
Она едет на машине. | She's taking a car. |
Мы едем на такси. | We're taking a taxi. |
Вы едете на метро. | You're taking the metro. |
Они едут на микроавтобусе. | They're taking the van. |
Туда можно доехать на метро или на автобусе. | You can get there by metro or by bus. |
Туда можно доехать на троллейбусе или на трамвае. | You can get there by trolley or by tram. |
Your instructor will ask you what form of transportation you prefer to use.
Answer, using the following models, first in the affirmative:
P. Вы хотите ехать на машине?
А. Да, на машине.
| 1. | a car | 2. | a bus | 3. | a taxi | 4. | a tram | 5. | the metro |
Now answer in the negative, according to the model:
P. Вы хотите ехать на машине?
А. Нет, на автобусе.
| 1. | a car (the metro) | 2. | a bus (a car) | 3. | a taxi ( a bus) |
| 4. | a tram (a trolley) | 5. | the metro (a tram) |
Using the models below, ask what the best possible form of transportation is for you to use.
А. Туда лучше ехать на автобусе или на трамвае?
Р. Лучше на трамвае.
The metro vs a bus
A bus vs a trolley
A car vs the metro
A tram vs a trolley
The metro vs a taxi
Using a map of the Moscow metro, describe the routes you'll be taking in each of the scenarios.
You went out to «Коломенское» by taxi with your friends, but now you'd like to use the metro to get back. They're staying at the hotel "Radisson-Slavyanskaya"(Meтpo «Киевская»).
You're with a group of students at МГУ (метро «Университет») and they want to show you the Lenin Library (метро «Библиотека им. Ленина»).
You're working late at the Embassy (метро «Краснопресненская») and won't have time to go home before the ballet at the Bolshoi (метро «Охотный ряд»).
You meet your business partner just in on the train from Minsk ( метро «Белорусская») and you need to get to the exhibit halls at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (ВВЦ, метро «ВДНХ»).