Practice talking about health in Spanish
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| Do you know how to talk about health problems in Spanish? |
| Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about health problems. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Lucas, no te ves bien. |
| ¿Qué te pasa? |
| "Lucas, you don't look well. |
| What's wrong?" |
| Me duele la cabeza. |
| También me duele el estómago. |
| "My head hurts. |
| My stomach hurts too." |
| ¿Tienes fiebre? |
| "Do you have a fever?" |
| In this conversation, this character |
| Asks, "Do you have a fever?" |
| You can use the pattern tener + noun to describe common health conditions or symptoms in Spanish. This structure is used to say that someone "has" a condition, like fever, pain, or a headache. |
| Unlike English, Spanish often uses tener to talk about physical states or sensations. So instead of saying "I am cold," you say Tengo frío — literally, "I have cold." |
| This pattern works with a wide range of health-related nouns, from conditions like gripe "flu" to sensations like hambre "hunger" or dolor de cabeza "headache." |
| The verb tener, meaning "to have," is an irregular verb in Spanish, so its forms don't follow the regular conjugation rules. |
| In the present tense, we say |
| tengo for "I have," |
| tienes for "you have" (informal), |
| tiene for "he/she/you (formal) has," |
| tenemos for "we have," and |
| tienen for "they/you all have." |
| Let's practice this grammar more in this lesson. |
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