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| INTRODUCTION |
| Nobody knows your body like you do, and when it comes to medicine, you may already know what you need. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| So today, we’ll cover asking for some staples of the medicine industry. |
| Let’s start with cold medicine. |
| In Spanish, “Cold medicine, please” is Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Un me-di-ca-men-to pa-ra el res-fria-do por fa-vor. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again - Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| The first word, un, means “a” for masculine singular. |
| un |
| Then we have medicamento, which means “medicine.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: me-di-ca-men-to. |
| And medicamento. |
| This is followed by para, which in Spanish is “for.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: pa-ra. |
| And hear it once again, para. |
| So, to recap here, we have - Un medicamento para… |
| Literally, this means “A medicine for…” |
| Let’s take a look at the next word, el, which is the article “the” for masculine singular. |
| el |
| Then we have resfriado, which means “call.” |
| Syllable break down: res-fria-do. |
| And once again, resfriado. |
| Finally, we have the expression por favor, which means “please.” |
| por favor |
| So all together, we have - Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| Literally, this means “A medicine for the cold, please.” |
| You need one of the strongest one they have, which in Spanish is “Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor.” |
| Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Lo más fuer-te que ten-ga por fa-vor. |
| Now, let’s hear it once again, Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor. |
| We’ll look at the phrase introduced today with some more words for medicines as the medicine you want is the only thing that changes. So, let’s go over some other medicines. |
| In Spanish, “flu medicine” is antigripal. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: antigripal |
| And the phrase “flu medicine, please” is un antigripal, por pavor. |
| In Spanish, aspirin is aspirina. |
| aspirina |
| And the phrase, “aspirin, please” is aspirinas, por favor. |
| In Spanish, ibuprofen is ibuprofeno. |
| ibuprofeno |
| And the phrase “ibuprofen, please” is ibuprofeno, por favor. |
| In Spanish, laxative is laxante. |
| laxante |
| And the phrase “laxative, please” is laxante, por favor. |
| In Spanich, antacid is antiácido. |
| antiácido |
| And the phrase, “antacid, please” is antiácido, por favor. |
| When you get the medicines you need, the pharmacy will probably tell you how often you should take the medicine with the following pattern - N unidades cada X horas, which means “N units every X hours.” In this pattern, the units of medicine and hours are numbers, while units themselves could be one of the following: |
| cápsula |
| cápsula, which means “pill” |
| pastilla |
| pastilla, which means “pill” too |
| cucharada |
| cucharada, which means “spoonful.” |
| sobre |
| sobre, which means “envelope.” |
| supositorio |
| supositorio, which means “suppository.” |
| So, let’s clarify it with some examples. |
| “Three pills every four hours” would be - Tres pastillas cada cuatro horas. |
| Tres pastillas cada cuatro horas. |
| “Two spoonfuls every eight hours” would be - Dos cucharadas cada ocho horas. |
| Dos cucharadas cada ocho horas. |
| “One suppository every twelve hours” would be - Un supositorio cada doce horas. |
| Un supositorio cada doce horas |
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! |
| “Cold medicine, please.” - Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| Un medicamento para el resfriado por favor. |
| “The strongest one you have.” - Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor. |
| Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor. |
| Lo más fuerte que tenga por favor. |
| “Three pills every four hours.” - Tres pastillas cada cuatro horas. |
| Tres pastillas cada cuatro horas. |
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