Learn how to ask for first- and second-class train tickets, as well as the basics for buying a long-distance train ticket
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In the previous lesson, we covered how to buy a train ticket. Once you’ve confirmed your destination, it’s time to select the type of seat you want. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Normally in Iran, you can choose between daraje yek meaning “first class”, and daraje do meaning “second class”). |
| Let's break those down: |
| (slow) da – ra – je yek |
| Daraje yek |
| and |
| (slow) da – ra – je do |
| Daraje do |
| Yek, as you remember, means “one, first.” |
| (slow) yek |
| yek |
| And daraje is “grade, class.” |
| (slow) da – ra - je |
| daraje |
| In the second phrase, do means “two, second.” |
| (slow) do |
| do |
| Once again, those are daraje yek and daraje do. |
| ・ |
| Imagine you want to buy a first-class ticket. The destination this time will be Shiraz. |
| “A first-class ticket to Shiraz, please,” in Persian is |
| Bilit daraje yek baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Bi – lit da – ra – je yek ba – ra – ye Shi – raz lot - fan. |
| And once again: |
| Bilit daraje yek baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
| We saw this structure in the previous lesson. All we’ve done this time is customize the ticket with daraje yek meaning “first-class”. |
| If you want to buy a second-class ticket, you just change yek meaning “first” to do meaning “second”: |
| Bilit daraje do baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
| (slow) Bi – lit-e da – ra – je do ba – ra – ye Shi – raz lot - fan. |
| Bilit-e daraje do baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
| ・ |
| In Iran, some long-distance trains offer a bed option, normally in a cabin which is called coupe. These tickets cost more than regular ones, but if you’d like to have a good sleep on the way to your destination, you should get one of these. |
| The sentence for this is |
| Bilite coupe baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
| “A sleeper ticket to Shiraz, please.” |
| Coupe means “cabin,” coupe (slow), coupe |
| bilit is a “ticket.” With an e at the end it means “ticket for” |
| (slow) bilit-e |
| bilit-e |
| Altogether these words refer to a ticket for a cabin ticket that has sleeping facilities. |
| Let’s hear the whole sentence again: |
| (slow) Bi – li t- e cou – pe ba – ra – ye Shi – raz, lot - fan. |
| Bilit-e coupe baraye Shiraz, lotfan. |
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