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Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Is The Bus Stop Far Away?

Introduction

This post deals with indicating how near/ far the bus stop is in Spanish, and the distance from where you are to the bus stop.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are with a relative, a friend, a work colleague or even a complete stranger who is looking for a bus stop and asks you: "is the bus stop far away?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Queda lejos la parada de autobús?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say how far away the bus stop is. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative.

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

La parada de autobús queda lejos (the bus stop is far away)
La parada de autobús queda bastante lejos (the bus stop is quite far away)
La parada de autobús queda muy lejos (the bus stop is very far away)
La parada de autobús queda cerca (the bus stop is near)
La parada de autobús queda bastante cerca (the bus stop is quite near)
La parada de autobús queda muy cerca (the bus stop is very near)
La parada de autobús queda a la vuelta de la esquina (the bus stop is around the corner)
La parada de autobús queda al final de la calle a la izquierda (the bus stop is at the end of the street/ road on the left)
La parada de autobús queda a dos manzanas (the bus stop is two blocks away)
La parada de autobús queda a dos cuadras (the bus stop is two blocks away)
La parada de autobús queda a cinco minutos a pie (the bus stop is five minutes away on foot)
La parada de autobús no queda lejos (the bus stop is not far away)
La parada de autobús queda a doscientos metros^* (the bus stop is 200 meters away)
La parada de autobús queda a trescientos metros^* (the bus stop is 300 meters away)

Now you should practise answering the question:

¿Queda lejos la parada de autobús?

*See some commonly used length in Spanish below

*Spanish Lengths

Some expressions of length/ distance commonly used in Spanish are shown below:

	Metros	Kilómetros
cien metros	100m
doscientos metros	200m
trescientos metros	300m
cuatrocientos metros	400m
quinientos metros	500m	1/2km
seiscientos metros	600m
setecientos metros	700m
ochocientos metros	800m
novecientos metros	900m
mil metros/ un kilómetro	1000m	1km