day 44on the road

on the road

Talk about driving and the road, and put things in order with antes de + infinitive, después de + infinitive and hasta.

today’s words

• la carretera · road
• el conductor · driver
• conducir · to drive
• el tráfico · traffic
• la velocidad · speed
• cruzar · to cross
• atravesar · to cross, to go through
• la rueda · wheel; tyre
• el transporte · transport
• avanzar · to move forward, to make progress
• indicar · to show, to point out
• acercarse · to come closer, to go up to
• mecánico · mechanical; el mecánico: mechanic

sentences

• Antes de salir, hay que mirar las ruedas. · Before we leave, we need to check the tyres.
• Después de comer, conduzco yo. · After lunch, I’ll drive.
• Hay mucho tráfico en la carretera. · There’s a lot of traffic on the road.
• Diego es un conductor muy tranquilo. · Diego is a very calm driver.
• Atravesamos media España en cinco horas. · We crossed half of Spain in five hours.