Learn about asking for medical assistance
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce you to some useful phrases for getting medical assistance. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| When traveling, sometimes your body needs a little time to adjust and the immune system is no different. So today, we’ll go over some phrases that will help get you to a location where you can get medical assistance. |
| We’ll start with the phrase, “Please, take me to the hospital.” |
| In Spanish, “Please, take me to the hospital” is - Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Por fa-vor, llé-ve-me a un hos-pi-tal. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| First, we find por favor, which means “please.” |
| Let’s break down these words by syllable: por fa-vor. |
| And once again, por favor. |
| This is followed by lléveme, which in Spanish is “take me.” |
| lléveme |
| Syllable break down: llé-ve-me. |
| And lléveme. |
| Then we have a, which means “to.” |
| a |
| So, to recap here, we have - Por favor, lléveme a… |
| Literally, this means “Please, take me to…” |
| Let’s take a look at the next word, un, which means “a.” |
| un |
| Finally, we have hospital, which means “hospital.” |
| Let’s break it down: hos-pi-tal. |
| And let’s hear it once again, hospital. |
| So all together, we have - Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| Literally, this means, “Please, take me to the hospital.” |
| If things aren’t too bad, perhaps you only need to get a pharmacy. |
| In Spanish, “Please, take me to the pharmacy” is Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Por fa-vor, llé-ve-me a u-na far-ma-cia. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| The first word, por favor, mean “please.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time, por favor. |
| And por favor. |
| This is followed by lléveme, which in Spanish is “take me.” |
| lléveme |
| And one more time, lléveme. |
| Then we have a, which means “to.” |
| a |
| So, to recap here, we have - Por favor, lléveme a… |
| Literally, this means “Please, take me to…” |
| Let’s take a look at the next word, una, which means “a.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: u-na. |
| And one more time, una. |
| Finally, we have farmacia, which means “pharmacy.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: far-ma-cia. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, farmacia. |
| So all together, we have - Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| Literally, this means “Please, take me to a pharmacy.” |
| And just for insurance purposes, we should cover the phrase, “Please, call an ambulance,” which is - Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Por fa-vor, lla-me a u-na am-bu-lan-cia. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| The first words, por favor, means “please.” |
| Let’s break down these words: por fa-vor. |
| And hear it once again, por favor. |
| This is followed by llame, which in Spanish is “call.” |
| llame |
| Let’s break down this word: lla-me. |
| And hear it once again, llame. |
| Then we have a, which means “to.” |
| a |
| So, to recap here, we have - Por favor, llame a… |
| Literally, this means “Please call…” |
| Let’s take look at the next word, una, which means “a.” |
| una |
| Finally, we have ambulancia, which in Spanish is “ambulance.” |
| Let’s break down this word: am-bu-lan-cia. |
| And one more time, ambulancia. |
| So all together, we have - Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| Literally, this means, “Please, call an ambulance.” |
| The phone number for an ambulance and for all kind of emergencies in Spain and all over Europe is 112. |
| If you need to buy medicine at a pharmacy, notice that not all of them are readily available. For many of them, you will need a medical prescription. In order to get one, you should first visit a doctor who, if need be, will write a prescription for you. |
| In Spanish, medical prescription is receta médica or simply receta. |
| receta |
| One more time, receta. |
| So, if at the pharmacy you are required to provide a prescription, you will surely be asked - ¿Tiene la receta? which means “Do you have a prescription?” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it again: ¿Tie-ne la re-ce-ta? |
| And ¿Tiene la receta? |
| By the way, pharmacies in Spain always have a Green Cross sign. |
Outro |
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| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “Please, take me to the hospital.” - Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| Por favor, lléveme a un hospital. |
| “Please, take me to the pharmacy.” - Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| Por favor, lléveme a una farmacia. |
| “Please, call an ambulance.” - Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| Por favor, llame a una ambulancia. |
| “Do you have the prescription?” - ¿Tiene la receta? |
| ¿Tiene la receta? |
| ¿Tiene la receta? |
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