Habla con tu compañero de clase.
Think about the last time you were sick. ¿Qué hiciste? ¿Fuiste a la doctora inmediatamente o preferiste curarte de otro modo? ¿Por qué?
¿Qué sabes de las comunidades afromexicanas? ¿Sabes cuántas personas afrodescendientes viven en México? Puedes buscar información con tu compañera de clase.
agarrar to get
añadir to add
el conocimiento knowledge
cortar to cut
dejar to leave, abandon
encontrar to find
esperar to wait
llegar to arrive
llorar to cry
lo/la + conjugated verb it (when object pronoun)
doler hurts *like gustar verb
quiso He/she tried to
partera midwife
retirar withdraw
un saber an expertise, a know-how
dolor de cabeza headache
tener tos to have a cough
tomar to take
Busca información sobre la comunidad afromexicana. When examining these sources, think about the following: does the source portray this community in a positive light or is it intended to diminish their value? Focus only on hate-free sources.
Mira los verbos que cambian de significado en el pretérito.
We have already learned the indirect object pronouns with gustar and verbs like gustar: me duele, me fascina, etc. The indirect object pronoun is the person who receives a thing or a service.
Examples from the reading:
Les pedí permiso a las plantas. (I asked permission from them--from the plants.)
No pude ponerle jenibre. (I didn't manage to put the ginger on him--on the patient.)
Notice the order is LE + Conjugated Verb or Verb Infinitive + LE attached
Escribe una oración. Usa un pronombre de indirecto objeto.
Ejemplo: La curandera le recetó una pomada a mi madre.
una infusión de menta
la manteca de cacao
la sal marina
el aceite de eucalipto
Encuentra información sobre estos practicantes de la medicina tradicional para compartir con tus compañeros de clase. When examining these sources, think about the following: does the source portray them in a positive light or is it intended to diminish their value? Focus only on free-hate sources.
talk about treatments received using indirect objects and preterite verbs.
give some basic facts about Afro-Mexican and about the Mapuche’s healing traditions.
Using the preterite verbs that change meaning in the preterite, discuss what I managed to do, tried to do, failed to do, and found out.