Question

Spanish prompt.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is:

"Fuimos al doctor mi mamá y yo, pues nos preocupaba mi enfermedad. Al llegar al consultorio, el doctor me recibió después de esperar un rato en la sala de espera, después de revisarme, me recetó medicina que tengo que tomar por un mes. Al final, la enfermera te ayuda a conseguir tu medicina en la farmacia más cercana".

English translation would be the following:

"My mom and I went to the doctor, because we were worried about my illness. When we arrived to the office, the doctor received me after we waited in the waiting room for a while, and he made me a prescription of a medicine I have to take for a month. Finally, the nurse helps you find your medicine at the closest pharmacy".

Explanation:

"Me", "te" and "nos" are pronouns in Spanish. They could work as dative, accusative or reflexive pronouns. Accusative pronouns are used as direct object of the verb, for instance: "Te quiero" ("I like you") or "´Mírala" ("Look at her"). It normally applies to orders or commands. Dative pronouns are used as indirect object of the verb, for instance: "Nos presentó a su amigo" ("He introduced us to his friend"). Reflexive pronouns are used when the the subject is the one that receives the object, for instance, "Me duele" ("It hurts").

In this case, as it is a narrative, accusative pronouns does not work for it is not about ordering something from a restaurant, for example; dative pronoun could work if we were telling a conversation of various people involved. But the best way to narrate the experience of a patient in first person is using reflexive pronouns, because in that way the verb affects directly to the subject that is in the first person singular.

Now, when using the reflexive pronouns we have to follow this structure: subject + reflexive pronoun + conjugated verb in the respective tense of the sentence.

Now, "me" applies for the singular first person, therefore when talking of oneself the sentences are: "El doctor me recibió" ("The doctor received me") and "Me recetó medicina" ("He made me a prescription"). As the subject is directly the first person singular (I).

"Te" applies for the singular second person, therefore the sentence is "La enfermera te ayuda" ("Nurse helps you"), as the subject is the second person singular (you).

And "nos" applies for the plural first person, therefore the sentence is "Fuimos al doctor mi mamá y yo, pues nos preocupaba", for the subject is the first person plural (us).

Answer 2

Me tengo que sentar en una silla para esperar a mi doctor. Después de que el me llame nos hablamos del problema.