Practical German for taxi rides

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios.

Today we will cover sentences you might hear or need to say in a taxi.

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Bitte fahren Sie mich zum Bahnhof.
Please drive me to the station.

Wie viel kostet die Fahrt zum Bahnhof ungefähr?
How much does the trip to the station cost approximately?

Darf ich vorne sitzen?
May I sit in the front seat?

Können Sie bitte hier anhalten?
Can you please stop here?

Wie lange dauert die Fahrt zum Flughafen?
How long does the trip to the airport take?

Ich habe es eilig. Können wir schneller fahren?
I’m in a hurry. Can we drive faster?

Könnten Sie die Klimaanlage einschalten?
Could you turn on the air conditioning?

Haben Sie Wechselgeld für einen 50 Euro Schein?
Do you have change for a 50 Euro note?

Kann ich eine Quittung bekommen?
Can I get a receipt?

Vielen Dank für die Fahrt!
Thank you very much for the ride!

Here’s the video where Steven gets to practise saying and translating the sentences:

Here are two more which weren’t use in the video:

Könnten Sie etwas langsamer fahren?
Could you drive a bit slower, please?

Können Sie den schnellsten Weg nehmen, bitte?
Could you take the fastest route, please?

What can you do with these sentences to remember them?

You can bookmark this post or make a vocabulary list with them. You can do that with any paper or electronic notebook. Or you could buy my notebook which I designed specially for German vocab learners. It has space for vocabulary lists and sentences. You can even choose one of two colours 😊

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