From the bus station to your hotel, a taxi or an app ride is often the easiest way. Learn to say where you're going, ask the price, and say where to stop.

Your turn

What is Ben asking the driver?

¿Me lleva al centro, por favor?

The main idea

¿Me lleva al Hotel Las Flores, por favor?
Can you take me to the Hotel Las Flores, please?
Al centro, por favor.
Downtown, please.
¿Cuánto me cobra?
How much will it be?
¿Me deja en la esquina?
Can you drop me off at the corner?
Aquí está bien, gracias.
Here is fine, thanks.
¿Cuánto le debo?
How much do I owe you?
Quédese con el cambio.
Keep the change.

Some taxis have no meter, so people agree on the price before they get in. With a ride app, the price is on your phone, and the driver often checks your name:

¿Ben?
Ben?
Sí, soy yo.
Yes, that's me.

llevar has come up three times in this course: ¿Qué lleva? is What's in it?, Me llevo esta is I'll take this one, and ¿Me lleva…? is Can you take me…?

Listen: to the hotel

Ben arrives in Puebla in the morning and gets into an app ride at the bus station. Listen first, then read the text.

To the hotel
Your turn

How long is the ride?

Your turn

Write what you hear.

Quick check

Your turn

You want the driver to take you downtown. What do you say?

Your turn

Ask the price before you get in, with the phrase from this lesson:

¿Cuánto me ?
Your turn

You want to get out here. What do you say?

Your turn

The driver asks ¿Ben? You are Ben. Answer:

Your turn

In a taxi, say where you're going (the Hotel Las Flores) and ask how much it will be.

Take with you

¿Me lleva al centro, por favor?
Can you take me downtown, please?
¿Cuánto me cobra?
How much will it be?
Sí, soy yo.
Yes, that's me.
¿Me deja en la esquina?
Can you drop me off at the corner?
Aquí está bien, gracias.
Here is fine, thanks.
¿Cuánto le debo?
How much do I owe you?
Quédese con el cambio.
Keep the change.

¿Me lleva a…? to go, ¿Cuánto me cobra? before you get in, and Aquí está bien to stop.