INTRODUCTION |
In today’s lesson, we’ll work on explaining symptoms, so that you can get a proper treatment and any medicine that you may need. |
GRAMMAR POINT |
In Spanish, “I have a headache” is Me duele la cabeza. |
Me duele la cabeza. |
Let's break it down by syllable: Me due-le la ca-be-za. |
And now, let's hear it once again, Me duele la cabeza. |
The first word, me, means “to me.” |
me |
Then we have duele, which means “it hurts.” |
Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: due-le. |
And duele. |
So, to recap here, we have - Me duele… |
Literally, this means “To me, it hurts…” |
You can use just the expression me duele while pointing to the part of your body that aches. This way, you will be able to convey which part is aching, even if you don’t know its name in Spanish. However, if you know the name of the part that aches, we can add it after me duele. |
In the case of the phrase “I have a headache,” we add la cabeza bwhich means “the head.” |
la cabeza |
One more time, la cabeza. |
So all together, we have - Me duele la cabeza. |
Literally, this means “To me, it hurts the head.” That means “My head aches” or “I have a headache.” |
Another way for expressing symptoms equivalent of the English pattern “I have” is tengo. |
Let’s break it down by syllable: ten-go. |
This literally means “I have.” |
So, going into some symptoms: |
“I have a fever.” - Tengo fiebre. |
Tengo fiebre. |
“I have a cold.” - Tengo un resfriado. |
Tengo un resfriado. |
“I have a stuffed nose.” - Tengo la nariz taponada. |
Tengo la nariz taponada. |
“I have heartburn.” - Tengo ardor de estómago. |
Tengo ardor de estómago. |
“I have a sore throat.” - Tengo dolor de garganta. |
Tengo dolor de garganta. |
In this case, since your throat is sore, you can use the previous pattern in this way - Me duele la garganta. |
Me duele la garganta, which means “My throat is sore.” |
The next phrase may be hard to listen to, but if it happens to you, you’ll be extremely glad that we went over it. |
In Spanish, the expression “I have diarrhea” is Tengo diarrea, with the word for “diarrhea” being diarrea. |
diarrea |
And diarrea. |
In Spanish, “I need a pharmacy” is Necesito una farmacia. |
Necesito una farmacia. |
Let’s break it down by syllable: Ne-ce-si-to u-na far-ma-cia. |
And now, let’s hear it once again, Necesito una farmacia. |
The first word, necesito, means “I need.” |
Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: ne-ce-si-to. |
And necesito. |
This is followed by una, which is “a” for feminine singular, since farmacia is in Spanish a feminine noun. |
una |
Finally, we have farmacia, which means “pharmacy.” |
farmacia |
And once again, farmacia. |
And just for insurance purposes, we should cover the phrase, “I need an ambulance” which is Necesito una ambulancia. |
Necesito una ambulancia. |
Let’s break it down by syllable: Ne-ce-si-to u-na am-bu-lan-cia. |
And now, let’s hear it once again, Necesito una ambulancia. |
The first word, necesito, means “I need.” |
Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: ne-ce-si-to. |
And necesito. |
This is followed by una, which is “a” for feminine singular since ambulancia is, in Spanish, a feminine noun. |
una |
Finally, we have ambulancia, which means “ambulance.” |
ambulancia |
And once again, ambulancia. |
Notice that the expression “I need” stays the same and only the noun changes. So, in the case that one needs medicine, the expression would be - Necesito medicinas, with the word for “medicines” being medicinas. |
medicinas |
And once again, medicinas. |
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! |
“My hand aches.” - Me duele la mano. |
Me duele la mano. |
Me duele la mano. |
“I have a cold.” - Tengo un resfriado. |
Tengo un resfriado. |
Tengo un resfriado. |
“I need a pharmacy.” - Necesito una farmacia. |
Necesito una farmacia. |
Necesito una farmacia. |
“I need an ambulance.” - Necesito una ambulancia. |
Necesito una ambulancia. |
Necesito una ambulancia. |
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