Class 16 gave you the auto. This class crosses the state: the long-distance bus, the railway and the ferry. You learn the bus classes (ordinary, fast passenger, super fast), the sentence to say to the conductor when you board, and seat etiquette on a crowded bus. Then the train: platforms, delays and the twenty-minute train friendship with its standard questions. Then the backwater ferry, which is real public transport, and why the houseboat is called the tied boat. Words and phrases in this class: ഈ ബസ് തൃശ്ശൂർക്ക് പോകുമോ? (ee bus thrissoorkku pokumo?) – does this bus go to Thrissur? കോട്ടയത്തേക്ക് ഒരു ടിക്കറ്റ് (kottayathekku oru ticket) – one ticket to Kottayam അടുത്ത ബസ് എപ്പോഴാണ്? (adutha bus eppozhaanu?) – when is the next bus? എത്ര സമയമെടുക്കും? (ethra samayamedukkum?) – how long will it take? എത്തുമ്പോൾ പറയണം (ethumbol parayanam) – please tell me when we reach എനിക്ക് ഇറങ്ങണം (enikku iranganam) – I have to get down ഈ സീറ്റ് ഒഴിവാണോ? (ee seat ozhivaano?) – is this seat free? തീവണ്ടി (theevandi) – train (older word, fire-vehicle) ഏത് പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോമാണ്? (ethu platformaanu?) – which platform? ട്രെയിൻ വൈകുന്നുണ്ടോ? (train vaikunnundo?) – is the train late? ഇനി എത്ര സ്റ്റേഷനുണ്ട്? (ini ethra stationundu?) – how many more stations? എവിടേക്കാണ്? (evidekkaanu?) – where are you going? കെട്ടുവള്ളം (kettuvallam) – houseboat (the tied boat) In this class: • State and private buses, and the sentence to say to the conductor • Seats, crowding and the bag a stranger holds for you • Trains: platforms, delays and the questions of a train friendship • Public ferries, and the story inside the houseboat's name Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.