At the Doctor's (AQA GCSE Spanish): Flashcards

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  • Define la cabeza.

    La cabeza means head.

  • Define la mano.

    La mano means hand.

  • Define el corazón.

    El corazón means heart.

  • Define la piel.

    La piel means skin.

  • Define el médico.

    El médico means doctor.

  • How do you say 'My ... hurts' in Spanish?

    You say Me duele el / la ... to mean 'My ... hurts'.

  • How do you say 'My ... hurt' when more than one thing hurts?

    You say Me duelen los / las ... to mean 'My ... hurt'.

  • What does the Spanish adjective enfermo/a mean?

    The adjective enfermo/a means ill.

  • Which verb, ser or estar, is used to say you are ill?

    You use estar to talk about being ill, e.g. Estoy enfermo ('I am ill'), not ser.

  • What does the Spanish verb respirar mean?

    The verb respirar means to breathe.

  • duele la cabeza desde ayer.

    Me duele la cabeza desde ayer.

  • Estoy y necesito descansar.

    Estoy cansado y necesito descansar.

  • True or False?

    In Spanish, you use the definite article (el / la), not 'my', when saying a body part hurts.

    True.

    Spanish uses the definite article, e.g. Me duele la mano ('my hand hurts', literally 'the hand hurts').

  • True or False?

    To say you are hot in Spanish, you use the verb ser.

    False.

    You use the verb tener: Tengo mucho calor ('I am very hot').

  • How do you form the imperative of a regular verb from the tú form?

    You take the -s off the present-tense form, e.g. bebes → ¡Bebe! ('Drink!').

  • Define the imperative.

    The imperative is the verb form used to give an instruction or an order, e.g. ¡Descansa! ('Relax!').

  • What is the tú imperative of hacer?

    The tú imperative of hacer is ¡Haz! ('Do!' / 'Make!').

  • Estás cansado, ¡ ! (descansar)

    Estás cansado, ¡Descansa! (descansar)

  • True or False?

    The tú imperative of ir is ¡Ve!

    True.

    Ir has an irregular imperative: ¡Ve! ('Go!').

  • Which common verb does doler behave like?

    Doler behaves like gustar: it agrees with the thing causing the pain, not the person feeling it.

  • How do you say 'my eyes hurt' in Spanish?

    You say me duelen los ojos ('my eyes hurt'), using duelen because the noun is plural.

  • Me la cabeza.

    Me duele la cabeza.

  • True or False?

    You use me duele for a singular noun and me duelen for a plural noun.

    True.

    Use me duele + a singular noun (e.g. la cabeza) and me duelen + a plural noun (e.g. los ojos).

  • Define hay que.

    Hay que means 'you must' or 'it is necessary to'.

  • What form of the verb follows hay que?

    An infinitive follows hay que, e.g. hay que dormir bien ('you must sleep well').

  • Para estar sano, que dormir bien.

    Para estar sano, hay que dormir bien.

  • How is the double [rr] always pronounced in Spanish?

    The double [rr] is always pronounced as a rolled sound, e.g. correr.

  • True or False?

    In Spanish, [r] at the end of a word is a softer sound.

    True.

    At the end of a word [r] is softer (e.g. descansar), whereas at the start of a word it is rolled (e.g. roto).

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