# Menschen A1.1, Unit 10: Asking at the travel centre

**Language:** German  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Join Gisela and Marco for a cancelled train and a new route at Karlsruhe's main station, one short conversation at a time, pairing with the themes of unit 10 of Menschen A1.1. Each lesson trains your ear until you can follow every word and answer back.

**Setting:** The DB travel centre at Karlsruhe's main station, around one on a weekday. Gisela's direct train to Konstanz, where her daughter's family lives, has been cancelled. Marco at the counter finds her another train with a change in Offenburg, then sees a delay that turns out not to matter. They use Sie with each other throughout, as a customer and a clerk do.

## Lessons

### 1. Saying your train is cancelled

Gisela comes to Marco's counter because her train to Konstanz is cancelled.

### 2. Asking when the next train leaves

Marco tells Gisela when the next train leaves and where she changes, and she repeats it back.

### 3. Asking which platform

Gisela asks Marco which platform her train leaves from.

### 4. Asking the arrival time

Gisela asks Marco when she will get to Konstanz.

### 5. Hearing about a delay

Marco sees that the train is ten minutes late, and tells Gisela she will still make her change.

### 6. Asking about your ticket

Gisela checks with Marco that her ticket is still valid on the new route.

### 7. Saying who's picking you up

Marco asks if Gisela is travelling on from Konstanz, and she tells him her daughter is picking her up.