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Bus & Taxi English Phrases: Meaning & Audio

Everyday spoken English for getting around by bus and taxi. Here are all 15 phrases from the “Travel & On the Bus” topic of the Hinglish app’s Spoken English track — the natural English to say, what it means in simple words, other answers the app also accepts, and a Hindi translation you can switch on or off.

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Travel & On the Bus: phrases & meanings

यह बस स्टॉप कहाँ है?

Where is the bus stop?

Asking where to wait for a bus.

Also accepted: “Where's the bus stop”
क्या यह बस स्टेशन जाती है?

Does this bus go to the station?

Checking if a bus goes to the station.

Also accepted: “Is this bus going to the station”
अगली बस कब आएगी?

When will the next bus come?

Asking when the next bus arrives.

Also accepted: “When is the next bus” · “When's the next bus”
एक टिकट दे दीजिए।

One ticket, please.

Buying one ticket.

Also accepted: “Can I get one ticket” · “One ticket please”
किराया कितना है?

How much is the fare?

Asking the ticket price.

Also accepted: “What's the fare” · “How much is the ticket”
क्या यहाँ कोई सीट खाली है?

Is there a seat free here?

Asking if a seat is free.

Also accepted: “Is this seat empty” · “Is any seat free here”
कृपया मुझे बता देना कब मेरा स्टॉप आए।

Please tell me when my stop comes.

Asking someone to tell you when to get off.

Also accepted: “Let me know when my stop comes” · “Please tell me when we reach my stop”
मुझे अगले स्टॉप पर उतरना है।

I need to get off at the next stop.

Saying you want to get off at the next stop.

Also accepted: “I have to get down at the next stop” · “I want to get off at the next stop”
ज़रा साइड दे दीजिए, मुझे उतरना है।

Excuse me, I need to get down.

Politely asking people to let you get off.

Also accepted: “Excuse me I have to get off” · “Please let me pass I need to get down”
भैया, स्टेशन कितनी दूर है?

How far is the station from here?

Asking the distance to the station.

Also accepted: “How far is the station” · “Is the station far from here”
क्या आप मीटर से चलेंगे?

Will you go by the meter?

Asking a taxi driver to charge by the meter.

Also accepted: “Can you go by the meter” · “Please go by the meter”
मुझे एयरपोर्ट जाना है, कितना लोगे?

I need to go to the airport, how much will you charge?

Asking a driver the price to the airport.

Also accepted: “How much to the airport” · “What will you charge to the airport”
यहीं रोक दीजिए, मैं यहाँ उतर जाऊँगा।

Stop here, I'll get off here.

Telling a driver to stop so you can get out.

Also accepted: “Please stop here I'll get down” · “You can stop here”
क्या आप थोड़ा जल्दी चल सकते हैं? मुझे देर हो रही है।

Can you drive a bit faster? I'm getting late.

Asking a driver to go faster because you are late.

Also accepted: “Can you go a little faster I'm getting late” · “Please hurry I'm running late”
बाकी पैसे रख लीजिए।

Keep the change.

Telling a driver to keep the extra money as a tip.

Also accepted: “You can keep the change” · “Keep the rest”

“Also accepted” lists other answers the app’s spoken answer-checker counts as correct for that phrase.

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Reading a list is the easy half. In Hinglish you see a prompt, say the English, and the app checks your spoken answer — then brings back the ones you fumble through spaced review. This topic is one of 24 in its Spoken English track, alongside a 60-day course and a vocabulary track (1,365 phrases in all), and everything works without internet.

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