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Hosts: Liliana,  JP
ID: 0016
Difficulty: Newbie
Published: December 3, 2007
Topics: health, feelings
Functions: expressing sympathy, expressing discomfort
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Lesson Introduction

Is it something you ate? Or maybe you're coming down with something... Unfortunately, every once in a while, we need to say, "I don't feel so well." In this lesson, we'll tackle this important phrase, as well as how to give an appropriate amount of sympathy.

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tronella says
Good lesson :) How do you say "I have a cold"? I have one today :(
December 2, 2007 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says
tronella, ¡Pobrecita! ¿Tienes gripe? You can say "tengo gripe." There are other ways to say it, too....
December 2, 2007 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
You can also say "tengo resfriado" both are correct.
December 2, 2007 from the Web.
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cecirose says
Hoy, me siento bien pero mis amigas tienen gripa.
December 4, 2007 from the Web.
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adri says
Tronella in Colombia we sometimes say 'estoy constipado', grandmas would say ´tengo un catarro'. Usually when this happens we are given ´remedios caseros´ (home-made remedies) such as hot orange juice mixed with honey or the infusion of hot milk mixed with elder tree flowers.
December 4, 2007 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
We have "caldo de gallina" which is chicken soup, very useful.
December 5, 2007 from the Web.
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estibalitz says
Tronella I think my time to be sick has arrived, snif snif. Tengo catarro. What a pity, I had to spend almost all weekend at home resting. Tengo mocos y tambien tengo un poco de tos, cough cough.
December 9, 2007 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
"catarro" is another way to call a cold, Esti "toma medicina y mucha agua." " take a medicine and drink lots of water."
December 10, 2007 from the Web.
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fimperial says
Cuando yo tengo catarro me gusta arroz caldo. I guess in Shanghai you guys have jook or congee which is similar, yes? I love the comfort food.
December 14, 2007 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says
Oh my goodness, fimperial, it just got really filipino up in here. "Arrozcaldo" is the chicken and rice soup with ginger and garlic, and I'm guessing that since you know that word, you are either Ilokano or Pangasinan. The Tagalogs don't know that word, they call it "lugaw." I don't think latinos make "arrozcaldo," they usually as me "¿caldo de arroz?" but when I make, they sure like to eat it! Chinese 粥 is similar, but not the same.
December 15, 2007 from the Web.
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fimperial says
Lo siento ser tan "Pinoying" :) You're half correct JP - mi madre es de Manila. Mi padre es de Ciudad de Iligan (Region de Cebuano). Mi madre habla español fluidamente pero did not teach us growing up. (how linguistically appropriate is THAT sentence!) Other Spanish/Filipino crossover comfort foods? - Empanadas (my first SpanishPod podcast download) - Pan de sal ("Salty bread" con una grande chunk of mantequilla!) - Lechón ("suckling pig" con super crispy, grasiente skin) - last but certainly not least: ensaymada (sweet bread) - La Madre of all Filipino comfort food. :) Vale ahora tengo hambre y tengo que ir a la cocina por una snack. (okay now I'm hungry and have to go to the kitchen for a snack) Sorry to get so off topic.
December 15, 2007 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says
omg, I just got called "pinoying." Bastos! I didn't know you had that word "arrozcaldo" in Visaya! No wonder I like Cebuanos so much! Don't forget: adobo, estufado, chicharron, lecheflan, jamon, paella, embutido, turron, polveron... this list can go on and on... My favorite is "rellenong manok," you know we learned that one from the Spanish because it is so much work to make! Here's one Filipino dishe that doesn't comfort me at all: higado. Ok, somebody better chime in with some non-Filipino comfort food, before my cousins all log on and take over this thread! : ) ¿Qué te gusta comer cuando te sientes mal?
December 15, 2007 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
Si tengo gripa, me gusta comer una sopa caliente, como consome de pollo y tomar mucha limonada. If I have the flu, I like to have hot soup like chicken broth and drink a lot of lemonade. And you?
December 17, 2007 from the Web.
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archgina says
this doesn't have anything to do with being sick, but in the lesson i heard liliana explain the word "poquito" and i just had to add to the comment section that i have a chihuahua that i named Poquito!! ...so thank goodness i had the definition correct when i named him! hahaha (b/c i do not speak spanish and i wasn't 100% for sure) thanks liliana!
February 11, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says
archgina No worries, any more questions let us know. That is a nice name for a chihuahua dog.
February 11, 2008 from the Web.
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npshirley says
Estaban mucho gripo en nos ciudad el mes pasado. Fue muy ocupado con muchos patientes. Pero es ya mejor. Cuando estoy enferma me gusta sopa do pollo, jello(no se la palabra en español) y te.
March 7, 2008 from the Web.
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ewong says
"tripitas" mean stomach too right? my friend writes... "me duelen mis tripitas del hambre"
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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estibalitz says
ewong, you can say: "me duele la tripita" meaning my stomach hurts. Tripita = tripa -ita(suffix). Tripa = stomach ; tripita= little stomach. Cabeza-cabecita; casa-casita; hermana-hermanita; ...
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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chillosk says
Cuando me siento mal, me gusta comer empanada y hamurgesa.. JP, man, the list you wrote above, although 3 months old, is making me hungry still. madre..
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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ewong says
gracias esti!
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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steve says
Hello! [b]hi[/b] hello!
May 8, 2008 from the Web.
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suny62 says

Is die aire for the richest mans like the lenguidge? Is that so LILIANA? BY! BE HAPY!

May 28, 2008 from the Web.
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cobre says

La momia

Los antiguos mexicanos también padecían úlceras y dolores estomacales, a juzgar por un nuevo descubrimiento en ese país.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/science/newsid_7506000/7506013.stm

Montezuma probably had it too.

July 14, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Creo que es por todo el picante que comemos!! Pero no puedo dejar de comer chile!

July 14, 2008 from the Web.
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vikia says

Me siento mal. Tengo catarro tambien. Estoy tosiendo.

heh heh, I like to make jook too (grandma's recipe)

September 29, 2008 from the Web.
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jpvillanueva says

corrections to PDF

June 15, 2009 from the Web.
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evandar says

I just love those -ita/-cita endings, it's so cute. ^^ I like how we end up talking about food even when the lesson is about being sick.

Cuando me siento mal, como la misma comida que usualmente.

(When I feel sick, I eat the same food I usually eat.)

 

Please correct that sentence, it just feels wrong, and I can't come up with anything else.

September 29, 2009 from the Web.
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manekineko says

How are you, Mr. JP?

I'm Akira.

Got a minute, teacher?

My question is about spanish word' mal'.

In A0001 this word meaning was good.

But in today's lesson this meaning is badly.

Would you teach me about this difference?

October 3, 2009 from the Web.
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stevestr says

akirasan

JP is no longer with SpanishPod.  But a can tell you that mal meant "bad" in latin. see the link

http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2536/3/?spage=1&letter=M

October 3, 2009 from the Web.
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manekineko says

stevestr

How are you?

Thanks for your advices at once.

I exactly understood about spanish word 'mal'.

Now studying Spanish is difficult for me.

But I think it is easy how to read spanish words than English ones.

Thanks today. See you.

October 3, 2009 from the Web.
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cobre says

akirasan,

mal is bad in both English and Spanish.

In English, in one of the youth subcultures, they took pride in being called BAD by their elders or authorities, and so to them, bad meant good.  That street language use has crept into general language.

 

 

October 4, 2009 from the Web.
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manekineko says

To cobre,

How are you?

Thanks for your kind messages.

I exactly understood about this word 'mal'.

I really appreciate your help.

See you.

October 5, 2009 from the Web.
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cobre says

Domo Akira san,

¿Qué tal?

Yo crezco embriagado al poder del lengua y  tropezar.  Siempre me caía al suelo por mis errores pequeños o largos.

How are you?

I grow intoxicated with the power of language and trip.  Always I am brought to earth by my errors, large or small.

October 5, 2009 from the Web.

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