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Thanks again for a useful podcast. How do you say return ticket? And one way ticket? Jazaakuma Allahu Khairan

I know حافلة is bus, but to Americans it isn't immediately apparent what you mean by "coach". Does it mean bus in British? Where I hear that I think flying "coach" on a plane. In the US we don't use "coach" for buses or trains.

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In the UK we use coach to mean like a bus that does long journeys. Like from city to city

How do you say change. Like "do you have any change in your pocket. i want to buy something from the vending machine".

To say return ticket in Arabic you can say:

تذكرة عودة- Tad’kerat 3awdah – Return Ticket
Or
تذكرة ذهاب و عودة - Tad’kerat d’ahaab wa 3awdah – Leaving and returning ticket

One way ticket you can say:

تذكرة ذهاب فقط – Tad’kerat d’ahaab faqa6 - Leaving ticket only

If you want to test yourself, try booking a plane ticket for fun on this website
http://www.emirates.com/ae/arabic/

To say change as in loose change you can use صرف – 9arf
e.g.
هل لديك صرف في جيبك؟
Hal ladayk 9arf fy jaybak?
Do you have any change in your pocket

أشتريت تذكرة ذهاب و عودة الى أوروبا

I bought a return ticket to Europe