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| INTRODUCTION |
| Michael: Hi everyone, I'm Michael. |
| Laura: And I'm Laura. |
| Michael: And welcome to Must-Know Medical Spanish Sentence Structures. Prescribing a Medication. |
| Michael: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for giving instructions to your patient about the medication you are prescribing. |
| PATTERN |
| Michael: First, let’s look at the Spanish sentence for, "Take your medicine twice a day." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina dos veces al día. |
| Laura: [slow] Tome su medicina dos veces al día. |
| Michael: The pattern for giving instructions about how to take a medication has four elements. First, the verb "take." |
| Laura: tome, [slow] tome, [normal] tome. |
| Michael: Second, the word meaning, in this context "your." |
| Laura: su, [slow] su, [normal] su. |
| Michael: Third, the word meaning "medicine." |
| Laura: medicina, [slow] medicina, [normal] medicina. |
| Michael: And last, the actual instructions about how to take the medicine — in this case, "twice a day." |
| Laura: dos veces al día, [slow] dos veces al día, [normal] dos veces al día. |
| Michael: Altogether, we have... "Take your medicine twice a day." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina dos veces al día. [slow] Tome su medicina dos veces al día. [normal] Tome su medicina dos veces al día. |
| Michael: Here’s another example meaning, "Take your medicine after meals." First, "take." |
| Laura: tome |
| Michael: Second, the word meaning, in this context, "your." |
| Laura: su |
| Michael: Third, the word meaning "medicine." |
| Laura: medicina |
| Michael: And last, the actual instructions about how to take the medicine — "after meals." |
| Laura: después de la comida, [slow] después de la comida, [normal] después de la comida. |
| Michael: Altogether we have... |
| Laura: Tome su medicina después de la comida. [slow] Tome su medicina después de la comida. [normal] Tome su medicina después de la comida. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine after meals." |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Tome su medicina después de la comida. |
| Michael: The sentence pattern is, |
| Laura: Tome su medicina + [Instructions]. |
| Michael: “Take your medicine + [Instructions]”. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina + [Instructions]. |
| PRACTICE |
| Michael: Let’s practice, |
| Michael: Imagine you’re prescribing a medication to your patient and you are giving him the instructions on how to take it. |
| Michael: Use the sentence pattern to say “Take your medicine once a day.” “Once a day” is |
| Laura: una vez al día [slow] una vez al día [normal] una vez al día. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Tome su medicina una vez al día. [slow] Tome su medicina una vez al día. [normal] Tome su medicina una vez al día. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Tome su medicina una vez al día. |
| Michael: Now imagine you want him to take his medicine three times a day. Say “Take your medicine three times a day.” “Three times a day” is |
| Laura: tres veces al día, [slow] tres veces al día, tres veces al día. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Tome su medicina tres veces al día. [slow] Tome su medicina tres veces al día. Tome su medicina tres veces al día. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Tome su medicina tres veces al día. |
| Michael: Let’s hear some more examples, |
| Michael: "Take your medicine four times a day." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cuatro veces al día. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cuatro veces al día. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine every twenty four hours." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada veinticuatro horas. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada veinticuatro horas. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine every twelve hours." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada doce horas. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada doce horas. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine every eight hours." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada ocho horas. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina cada ocho horas. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine with food." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina con comida. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina con comida. |
| Michael: "Take your medicine before bed." |
| Laura: Tome su medicina antes de acostarse. |
| Laura: Tome su medicina antes de acostarse. |
Outro |
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| Michael: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for giving instructions to your patient about how to take their medication, as in... |
| Laura: Tome su medicina dos veces al día. |
| Michael: meaning "Take your medicine twice a day." |
| Michael: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on SpanishPod101.com. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Laura: Hasta la próxima. |
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