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Hosts: Liliana,  JP
ID: 0096
Difficulty: Newbie
Published: March 24, 2008
Topics: restaurants, health, food
Functions: describing personal needs, ordering food
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Lesson Introduction

Allergies; they're nothing to sneeze at. If you or someone you know has a peanut allergy, this lesson should be part of your emergency kit, if you're traveling in the Spanish-speaking world. It may just save you a trip to the hospital, or at least a jab with an EpiPen!

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jpvillanueva says
Question of the day: ¿Sufres de las alergias? Do you suffer from allergies? Yo sÍ, tengo alergias a los gatos, al polvo, y a la penicilina. I sure do; I'm allergic to cats, dust, and penicillin. ah-choo!
March 23, 2008 from the Web.
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dukey13 says
No estoy seguro porque sometimes when I am around sand I get spots and sometimes I don't. I'll need to go to an allergy specialist about that.
March 23, 2008 from the Web.
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mikeyman says
Si, tengo alergias al trabajar
March 23, 2008 from the Web.
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luisita says
Tengo buena suerte,no tengo ninguna alergia.
March 23, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
Yo también tengo mucha suerte no tengo ninguna alergia. Mi única alergia es el aburrimiento!
March 23, 2008 from the Web.
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pussycat says
Hola Todas, Siempre creía que no tenía una alergia pero recientemente me parece que he contrajado una alergia a el miel porque a veces los hives han aparecido despues de he comido miel. Qué lástima porque me lo gusta mucho.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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cyberdiva says
Cuando yo era joven, fui (era?) alérgica al chocolate. Fortunadamente, ahora ya no soy alérgica a nada.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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cobre says
No soy alérgico, pero mi perro es alérgico al polen de las flores. Ella quiere correr en el campo, pero tengo que darle pastillas para la alergia. Perro is masculine, but my dog, Sandy, is a bitch. How do you properly indicate that in Spanish? Gracias por su ateción.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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keno says
Still perro, I think. There's a movie titled Amores perro. (love's a bitch).
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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guest says
Yo a veces obtener congestionado en la primavera. ¿Is mi gramåtica correcto?
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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pimienta says
Does anyone here know if I can download the lessons to my mp3 player for free? Please respond.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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luisita says
Yo tambien tengo la misma que tu lili. Habia olbidado de mencionarla...
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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holliecroft says
Hola kevinryn, no soy experto, solo estudiante, pero escribiría ' a veces yo obtengo ..........'
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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paulohenriques says
Soy alérgico al polvo y moho.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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janoga says
Soy alérgica al antibíotico, Ceftin; necesitade ambulancia. Soy alérgica al polvo, al polen, al moho, y al (¿Como se dice mold?) Soy alérgica al trigo, a la avena, al centeno, a la cebada, y a la malta. Pero yo no vivo en burbuja. ¿Entendéis? ¿Es ese correcto?
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
Cyberdiva! Alérgica al chocolate! yo me moriría de tristeza! que bueno que ya no lo eres. Pimienta You can download the podcast on iTunes just go to educational podcast and there you choose what lessons you want to download.
March 24, 2008 from the Web.
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pimienta says
Hi, Thanks for the info lilanamata, but I don't have itunes, is itunes free? thanks for your time. =] -pimienta
March 25, 2008 from the Web.
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djesse says
Hola, soy alèrgico al "diesel" ¿come se dice¿ y tambien al tiempo frio
March 25, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says
Pimienta, Go to: www.apple.com/itunes look for educational podcasts/ languages
March 25, 2008 from the Web.
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martinillo says
No tengo ninguna alergia pero sí tengo una pregunta: Casi todas las palabras que terminan en -ico o -ica (como alérgico o único o América o México) tienen un acento en la vocal antes de -ico e -ica. Pero he encontrado dos grupos de excepciónes: diminutivos (abanico, angelico, ...) y palabras que terminan en -aico o -aica (algebraico, mosaico, laico, ...). Mi pregunta es: ¿Hay otras excepciónes?
March 26, 2008 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says
pimienta; itunes is free! martinillo; your observation seems to ring true, and the reasons would have to do with adjective-forming suffixes. One exception might be ubicó and the different forms for the verb "ubicar," but if you're a word person (or a diachronic linguist) the exception proves the rule.
March 26, 2008 from the Web.
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shep1582 says
Tengo un alergias a mariscos. No la langosta, el camarón o el cangrejo para mí. I am very sad because I know how good shellfish is and could eat it many, many years ago, but my alergy became worse and worse as I got older.
March 27, 2008 from the Web.
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oolung says
cobre, 'a bitch' is 'una perra' in Spanish (perro - a 'he' dog, perra - a 'she' dog, heh heh). Yo no tengo ningunas alergias, afortunadamente. Creo que es porque cuando era pequena mi madre me dejaba ensuciarse y ahora no temo ningunas bacterias, jeje :)
March 31, 2008 from the Web.
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estibalitz says
Soy alérgica a los ácaros del polvo, por eso mi casita siempre está muy limpita,jeje. I am allergic to dust´s acarus, so my house is always very cleaned, hehe.
March 31, 2008 from the Web.
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ekatpet says
Soy alérgica, pero a diferente cosas en diferente tiempo. No ley.
April 10, 2008 from the Web.
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kaniaolsen says
Yo también tengo los alergias, como bees, latex, codine que lastima, no?
April 26, 2008 from the Web.
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ewong says
Tengo alergias bebidas alcoholicas. Mi cara es roja and I get itchy rashes but it disappears after an hour or so Come se dice "itchy" and "rash" en espanol?
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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estibalitz says
querida ewong, You can say: "Mi cara se pone roja, me salen manchas y me pica todo el cuerpo." itchy= que pica. rash=erupción o sarpullido o comezón. Tengo una amiga que también es alérgica al alcohol, cuando salimos de noche casi siempre suele beber zumos, pero no siempre, je.
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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stevestr says
Cobre and keno --- I hope Lili or Leo will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Amores Perros comes from a Mexican expression meaning a bad or dirty love. Steve
May 9, 2008 from the Web.
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stevestr says
Pimienta --- If you do not want do uses Itunes to down load the lessons, you can download them directly from the spanishpod web sight. Go to the lesson on the lessons page Under the picture, you will see the play bar. Under the play bar you will see several icons. If you mouse over the one on the far left you should see a popup which begins “Full lesson (Radio Quality” . If you right click on that icon you can select “save link as” in Firefox or “save target as” in Internet Explorer and save the file to you hard drive.-- Steve
May 9, 2008 from the Web.
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jodibean says

De pequeña, solo tenía alérgias a los gatos y al polvo.  Ahora, hasta dos años, tengo nuevas alérgias a los perros, y al pez (comida).  Me encanta mucha el pez crudo como ahi tuna, pero ahora no puedo comerlo de lo contrario mi garganta se hinchará y no puedo respirar.  Mi alérgia es muy mala.  Ya he sido a la sala de urgencias.  No quiero ir otra vez.

May 27, 2008 from the Web.
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stevestr says

Jodibean

Hola.  Una cosita.  Pez que es comida se llama pescado.

Steve

May 27, 2008 from the Web.
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jodibean says

Thank you Steve =)

May 27, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Steve

Amores Perros es una expresión para decir que se aman con locura, un día se quieren, otro dia de odian, es un amor muy inestable, eso quiere decir, como "Love-Hate relationship".

También es el título de una de mis películas favoritas! con Gael García mi actor favorito!

 

May 28, 2008 from the Web.
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stevestr says

Lili

Gracias y a mi tambian me mucho gusta la película

May 28, 2008 from the Web.
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spanishlarry says

Hi,

This question may have been asked and answered in another section. I am curious about the correct way to ask for or order something. In the dialogue the person says "Quiero el pastel de chocolate" which sounds in English like "I want the chocalte cake." Of course in English we would never make an order like that since it sounds too "demanding". We would say sometthing like "Could I have the chocalte cake, please?" So is "Quiero el ... " really the polite way to order something in Spanish? Thanks and I love these podcasts!

Larry

October 29, 2008 from the Web.
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stevestr says

SpanishLarry

You are right on the money.  Quiero el pastel de chocolate is correct but a little hard.  There are more polite or softer ways to say it like.  One common why is:

Quisiera el pastel de chocolate por favor – "I would like the chocolate cake please".

October 29, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

SpanishLarry, 

The following is from The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice:

Spanish uses the imperfect subjunctive, as well as the conditional to soften a request or suggestion.

The imperfect, used only with querer, poder, and deber, is more courteous than the conditional, which is used with any verb.

 

 

 

October 29, 2008 from the Web.
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spanishlarry says

Thanks for the info. So would another polite way to order something be "Pudiera tener el ..."?

October 29, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

spanishlarry,

pudiera traerme una cerveza por favor. Could you bring me a beer please.

pudiera ayudarme por favor. Could you help me please.

quisiera una cerveza por favor.  I would like a beer please.

I don't think that you would day "pudiera tener una cerveza"  

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong about this.

October 29, 2008 from the Web.
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chillosk says

tengo alegrias a los vinos, a los cervezas, y a los 'crabs'. que lastima

October 30, 2008 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

chillosk, quieres decir "alergias", ¿no?  Sí es una lástima que tengas alergia a los cangrejos.

October 30, 2008 from the Web.
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chillosk says

gracias JP!

I knew something was wrong when I read allergy as 'alegria', whic means something like happy, verdad?

 

October 30, 2008 from the Web.
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suz333 says

I tend to think of nuts as any kind of nuts. In the text "nueces" was translated as "nuts", but in the vocabulary section it was given as "walnuts".  I looked up walnut in several dictionnaries and saw that walnut is given both as "nuez" and "nuez de Castilla (Méx)". So if someone simply says "nueces" do you think they are referring to "nuts in general" or "walnuts". In French I call walnuts "noix de grenoble".

January 1, 2009 from the Web.
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stevestr says

Suz33

It is confusing and the differences may be regional.  Did you see the definition in WordReference ?


"nuez sustantivo femenino

  1.  
    1. (del nogal) walnut
  1.  
    1. (Méx) (pacana) pecan (nut)
  1.  
    1. ~ moscada nutmeg
  1. (Anat) Adam's apple"

My girl friend is from Colombia and she said that to her, nuez is the word for nut in general.  I asked her how to say walnut and she answered that she never heard of walnuts until she came to the U.S.

January 1, 2009 from the Web.
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suz333 says

Hi stevestrv, thank you for your comments and for the link to Word Reference. I will have to try it more often.

January 4, 2009 from the Web.
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stevestr says

suz333

you are welcome

January 4, 2009 from the Web.

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