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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. Physical Examination, Part 2. |
| Michael: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for communicating to your patient what you are about to do during a physical examination. |
| PATTERN |
| Michael: First, let’s look at the Spanish sentence for, "I'm going to take your blood pressure." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. |
| Laura: [slow] Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. |
| Michael: The pattern for communicating to your patient what you are about to do during a physical examination has three elements. First, the phrase meaning "I'm going to" in this context. |
| Laura: le voy a, [slow] le voy a, [normal] le voy a. |
| Michael: Second, the verb meaning literally "to measure," but in more natural English it translates as "to take." |
| Laura: medir, [slow] medir, [normal] medir. |
| Michael: And last, the parameter that you are about to measure during the physical examination — "blood pressure." |
| Laura: la presión sanguínea, [slow] la presión sanguínea, [normal] la presión sanguínea. |
| Michael: Altogether, we have... "I'm going to take your blood pressure." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. [slow] Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. [normal] Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. |
| Michael: Here’s another example meaning, "I'm going to take your temperature." First, the phrase meaning "I'm going to" in this context. |
| Laura: le voy a |
| Michael: Second, the verb meaning literally "to measure," but in more natural English it translates as "to take." |
| Laura: medir |
| Michael: And last, the parameter that you are about to measure during the physical examination — "temperature." |
| Laura: la temperatura, [slow] la temperatura, [normal] la temperatura. |
| Michael: Altogether we have... |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la temperatura. [slow] Le voy a medir la temperatura. [normal] Le voy a medir la temperatura. |
| Michael: "I'm going to take your temperature." |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la temperatura. |
| Michael: The sentence pattern is, |
| Laura: Le voy a medir + [measurement you are about to take]. |
| Michael: “I'm going to take your + [measurement you are about to take]”. |
| Laura: Le voy a medir + [measurement you are about to take]. |
| PRACTICE |
| Michael: Let’s practice, |
| Michael: Imagine you’re examining a patient and you want to take his pulse. |
| Michael: Use the sentence pattern to say “I'm going to take your pulse.” “Pulse” is |
| Laura: el pulso [slow] el pulso [normal] el pulso. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el pulso. [slow] Le voy a medir el pulso. [normal] Le voy a medir el pulso. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el pulso. |
| Michael: Now imagine you want to take his oxygen level in blood. Say “I'm going to take your oxygen level in blood.” “Oxygen level in blood” is |
| Laura: el nivel de oxígeno, [slow] el nivel de oxígeno, el nivel de oxígeno. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el nivel de oxígeno. [slow] Le voy a medir el nivel de oxígeno. Le voy a medir el nivel de oxígeno. |
| [pause] |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el nivel de oxígeno. |
| Michael: Let’s hear some more examples, |
| Michael: "I'm going to take your height." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la altura. |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la altura. |
| Michael: "I'm going to take your weight." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el peso. |
| Laura: Le voy a medir el peso. |
| Michael: "I'm going to take your respirations." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir las respiraciones. |
| Laura: Le voy a medir las respiraciones. |
| Michael: "I'm going to examine your vital signs." |
| Laura: Le voy a medir los signos vitales. |
| Laura: Le voy a medir los signos vitales. |
Outro |
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| Michael: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned another pattern for communicating to your patient what you are about to do during a physical examination, as in... |
| Laura: Le voy a medir la presión sanguínea. |
| Michael: meaning "I'm going to take your blood pressure." |
| 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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