10 ¿Qué haces para tener buena salud?
I. ¿Cómo está tu salud?
Do you listen to podcasts? Which are your favorites? Why do you like them? Do you ever listen to podcasts related to health?
In this chapter, you will be an invited guest on Erica and Chelsie’s podcast, VIVIR MEJOR, to discuss mental and physical health.
Erica and Chelsie recently recorded an episode discussing their own physical and mental health. Their first question to each other was, ¿Cómo está tu salud? (How is your health?)
How would you answer the following questions?
¿Tienes buena o mala salud física o mental? ¿Qué haces para tener buena salud? ¿Tener buena salud mental y física es importante para ti?
Erica, in yellow, is going to list what she does to have good physical and mental health using the prepositions por y para. Chelsie in coral also shares her routine for optimal health.
Erica
Chelsie
Erica and Chelsie just shared their daily routines to have good health. They each used the prepositions por y para, which mean “for.” Do you remember what each one does for their physical and mental health?
Actividad A
Select whether Erica or Chelsie said the following statements about their health.
Erica mentions that she works for Apple and uses para to specify who she works for. (Trabajo para Apple.) Yet, Chelsie mentions that she runs for an hour and uses por to specify the duration of time she runs. (Corro por una hora) If both por y para mean for, why did Erica use para and Chelsie use por?
Lingo Mastery Spanish introduces you to por y para and when to use each preposition with examples.
For a summary of the uses of por y para, see Slides 61 (for por) and 62 (for para).
Actividad B
Now that you are aware of the situations where por and para are used, select why Erica and Chelsie used these prepositions when describing their daily routine on their podcast, Vivir Mejor.
¡Bien hecho! 🙂
Actividad C
Frank, a friend of Erica and Chelsie, recently went live on YouTube and shared his healthy habits.
The song in the background is called “Super Hero” by Hector Posser.
Paso 1. Frank likes to do activities that boost his physical and mental health. Finish his sentences using por y para.
Paso 2. In groups of two, take turns determining why each sentence takes por o para. Refer to Slides 61 and 62 for your reasoning in Spanish.
Check your answers by clicking here.
Paso 3. Based on Frank’s daily habits, do you think Frank leads a healthy or unhealthy lifestyle? State your reason why with one sentence.
Modelo- Creo que Frank lleva una vida saludable porque __________________.
OR Pienso que Frank no lleva una vida saludable porque __________________.
What about you? Do you think you have healthy habits to support your physical and mental health?
Actividad D
Paso 1. Answer the questions in the following survey about your health.
Paso 2. Find a partner and ask them the same questions you just answered in the survey.
Modelo. Hola. ¿Cómo está tu salud? ¿Cuántas veces por semana haces ejercicio? Etc.
Then switch roles.
Paso 3. Based on the answers your partner gave you, write a small paragraph giving at least 3 reasons why you feel your partner has good health based on their answers.
Modelo- Pienso que Kaya tiene buena salud porque hace ejercicio tres veces por semana, come muchas frutas y verduras y duerme por 8 horas cada noche.
¡Muy bien!
Actividad E
Paso 1. Chelsie and Erica recently made final statements about physical and mental health on their podcast as they addressed their loyal listeners. Type in por o para in the space below to complete their sentences.
Paso 2. The ¡Vivir mejor! podcast guest this week is Carlos Asturias. He is a life coach in the San Diego area. He has questions for the ¡Vivir mejor! listeners.
Answer his questions in groups of two.
Take a listen.
For a transcript of the recording, click here.
For additional practice with por y para by Study Spanish click here. You can complete the basic quiz and a mini-test. You will receive a score and explanation of your grade once submitted.
II. ¡Haz ejercicio conmigo!
¡Haz ejercicio conmigo! means Exercise with me! 🙂 This is called a command, which is the imperative form of the verb in Spanish.
In this section of the chapter, you will learn how to give advice or recommendations to someone about bettering their health with informal affirmative and negative commands.
One of Frank’s followers is a coach and nutritionist from the Dominican Republic.
Every January, Coach Victor posts a video on his YouTube channel with advice about healthy habits for your physical and mental health.
For a transcript of Coach Victor’s post, click here. Scroll to Coach Victor.
Actividad F
How did you do? 🙂 If you did not recognize the commands quite easily, that is perfectly fine.
Teacher Catalina introduces you tú informal affirmative commands and how to use them in conversation in her video.
Actividad G
For a summary of how to form tú informal affirmative commands, see Slide 63.
Actividad H
You met Coach Victor earlier, who is both a nutritionist and coach in the Dominican Republic.
In a Spanish-speaking neighborhood in Dallas, the following nutritionist and trainer were heard giving some advice and commands to their clients this week. Select whether each command was given by the nutritionist or the trainer.
¡Buen trabajo! 🙂
Actividad I
What advice would you give the following students who could use new healthy habits? Complete each sentence with the proper command.
Do you have friends that reach out to you for advice? Maybe they are dealing with a smoking or drinking addiction. Maybe they are stressed out at work or consuming too much fast food or binging too many nights on Netflix.
Actividad J
The song in the background is called “Clavado En Un Bar” by Maná.
The people in the above videos are struggling with their physical and mental health. In groups of 2-3, offer each of them one piece of advice using tú affirmative commands.
Modelo- There is a video of someone suffering from an addiction to sugar. Consejo (advice): Come más frutas y verduras.
Video 1- Un hombre sufre de la obesidad (obesity) Consejo:
Video 2- Un hombre está adicto a Netflix. Consejo:
Video 3- Una chica está adicta a TikTok e ignora a su novio. Consejo:
Video 4- Una mujer está muy estresada por su trabajo. Consejo:
Video 5- Un hombre está adicto al cigarillo y al alcohol. Consejo:
Video 6: Una mujer está muy deprimida. (depressed) Consejo:
Excelentes consejos. 🙂
A way to improve your mental health is by going outside and enjoying nature.
Raise your hand if you love the outdoors. What do you like to do outside? Do you often get the opportunity to go outdoors?
Intercultural reflection 1
Latino Outdoors is a Latinx-led community that aims at connecting and engaging Latinos to explore the outdoors.
According to Latino Outdoors, they envision a world where all Latino communities enjoy nature as a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place – a world where the outdoors is a place to share and celebrate stories, knowledge, and culture.
Marriott Bonvoy shared the following video by José Gonzalez, the founder of Latino Outdoors.
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1. What do you think about the Latino Outdoors movement and vision? What did you learn from the video? Did you resonate with any part of the video? Do you share anything in common with Latino Outdoors?
2. Give Latino Outdoor’s founder, José, 5 recommendations for things to do outdoors in places you recommend using tú affirmative commands. If you don’t know how to say a certain activity, your group could look up the verb in www.wordreference.com. However, your group must put that verb in the informal affirmative command.
Modelo- Nada en el océano de San Diego. Es muy bonito.
Listen as Rosa Blanca shares her favorite Latino Outdoors (also called LO) memory.
3. What does Rosa Blanca love most about being part of Latino Outdoors? Do you resonate with her testimony at all? How so? Are you part of any communities? If not, would you like to be? What is the benefit of being part of a community, in your opinion? Would you ever try a Latino Outdoors’ activity? It is open to everyone.
4. Do you feel more community is needed in your town or city? Why do you think it is hard for people to connect and go outdoors? Do you think being outdoors improves your physical or mental health? How so?
5. After watching José and Rosa Blanca’s videos, what did you learn about Latinos, their stories and the concept of community? Do you empathize with the Latinx experience more? Do you share any similarities with the Latinx community in your culture? How so?
In Spanish, sometimes you may need to advise or recommend someone not do something or not go somewhere. This would be called a negative command.
Watch as Profesor Diego Ojeda shares his problems with his class. Listen as Diego’s students provide him informal affirmative and negative commands in the tú form to help him better his health.
What advice did the students give to their instructor?
Actividad K
Place the recommendations the students gave Profesor Ojeda and place them in their appropriate categories.
You heard two negative informal commands from Diego’s students. With relation to his issue of being overweight, one student said: No comas azúcar. (Don’t eat sugar.) When Diego expressed his other problem of disliking meetings at work, another student recommended he not go and said: ¡No vayas!
The conjugation of tú informal negative commands differs from tú affirmative commands.
Watch as Teacher Catalina introduces you to tú negative commands and how to form them to give advice.
For a summary of tú informal negative commands and how to use them to give advice about health issues, see Slide 64.
Actividad L
Frank has been traveling quite a bit lately due to his work commitments. He hasn’t slept or eaten well, and he feels a bit stressed. What advice would you give to him?
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¡Excelentes consejos!
Actividad M
Like Frank, students have been feeling very overwhelmed and stressed due to their workload. What advice do you have to help students resolve their physical and mental health issues? Refer to Slide 64 on tú informal negative commands.
Actividad N
As preparation for your upcoming appearance on the VIVIR MEJOR podcast, discuss addictions and ways to overcome them with your classmates. Be sure to offer advice using at least one tú affirmative command and one negative informal command. See the model below.
Modelo- ¿Qué consejos tienes para mí? Tengo un problema con el café. Tomo demasiado (too much).
Consejo afirmativo: Bebe más agua. Consejo negativo: No vayas a Starbucks. Hay mucha tentación allí.
- ¿Qué consejos tienes para mÍ? Tengo una adicción a las redes sociales.
- ¿Qué consejos tienes para mÍ? Tengo una adicción a Netflix.
- ¿Qué consejos tienes para mÍ? Tengo un problema con la ansiedad (anxiety).
What advice was more popular?
III. Vaya al parque
Sometimes getting fresh air and exploring your town could be a great boost to your physical and mental health. How would you describe your town? What does it have that is interesting?
Easy Spanish takes you on a walk with them to explore Madrid. How many new places did you learn about?
Actividad O
Do you know how to describe the places in your city or town? See Slide 65 to learn the vocabulary for places in the city.
Press the audio to hear how these places are pronounced.
Actividad P
The song in the background is called “No Hay Cielo” by Franco de Vita.
Paso 1. Match the following places to their description.
Paso 2. With a partner, name 4-5 places that are in your town or city. Then switch roles. Follow the model.
Modelo-
Estudiante 1- ¿Dónde vives? ¿Qué hay en tu ciudad o pueblo?
Estudiante 2- Vivo en Warrenville, Illinois. En mi pueblo (town), hay un cine, supermercados, parques, pero no hay una librería. ¿Y tú? ¿Qué hay en tu ciudad o pueblo?
¡Buen trabajo! 🙂
If someone older than you would like to explore new places to support their mental health and asks you where to go or visit, what places would you recommend? What places would you suggest this person not visit? Would you use the tú form command or Ud.?
¡Correcto! Because the person is older, you should demonstrate respect by using an Ud. form command when recommending places to visit or not go to in your city or town.
For example- ¡Vaya a mi restaurante favorito en NYC! Se llama Carbone. OR ¡No visite Times Square en Nueva York! Hay demasiadas personas.
Watch as Speak Spanish with Paula introduces you to formal affirmative and negative commands in the Ud. form.
For a summary of Ud. commands and how to use them to give advice when visiting your city or town, see Slide 66.
Actividad Q
Paso 1. An elderly man just asked Hannah for places to visit in New York. She pulled out her phone, showed him pictures of her favorite places and gave him recommendations.
Paso 2. What places would you recommend the elderly man visit in your town? With a partner, take out your cell phone and show pictures of the places you recommend using Ud. form commands.
Modelo- Hola. Vivo en ________. Tengo algunos lugares para recomendar.
Fill in the spaces with the name of the places.
Visite ___________________.
Vaya a __________________.
Coma en _________________.
Now switch roles.
Actividad R
The elderly may struggle with feeling alone. Erica and Chelsie saw an Instagram post in their feed yesterday. They think it could be useful advice for the elderly who need help connecting with others and feeling more uplifted.
The issue is that the Instagram post offers suggestions in the informal tú command form. Because Erica and Chelsie want to share this post with the elderly, who also struggle with their mental health, help them by converting the advice to Ud. form commands, which is more appropriate.
IV. Manifestar tu futuro
Do you believe in manifesting a life that you want or desire? Do you create vision boards or journal dreams you have for yourself?
Some say that manifesting positive outcomes for your life could improve your mental health.
To express a wish or desire, you will need the subjunctive. What is the subjunctive?
The subjunctive is a mood, which is used when expressing hope, desire, preference, recommendation, need, will, doubt, opinion, emotion or things that are not certain to happen.
Watch as Speak Spanish with Paula introduces you to the subjunctive.
Actividad S
Based on Speak Spanish with Paula’s video, select which sentences convey certainty (indicative) and which ones evoke hope, opinion, need, recommendation, emotion, will, desire, doubt or preference (subjunctive) regarding health.
Paula specifies the use of the subjunctive when expressing wishes or desires in the following video.
In this section, you are going to manifest and express what you want in a dream home and city.
Some expressions you can use to manifest your ideal home or city are in the following Instagram post.
You would put the verb after these expressions in the subjunctive.
For a guide of the subjunctive covered in Speak Spanish with Paula’s videos, see Slides 67 (the subjunctive) and 68 (subjunctive and indicative phrases).
Before sharing what type of home you would like to manifest in the subjunctive mood, review the following vocabulary on the home in Slide 69.
Play the audio to hear how this vocabulary is pronounced.
For additional vocabulary words related to each room of the house, click on DonQuijote Blog.
Actividad T
Paso 1. In the following activity, select the rooms in the house being described. See Slide 69 for reference.
Paso 2. It’s time to manifest your dream home. 🙂 How fun!
In groups of two, use the following subjunctive expressions to share what you would like in an ideal home and where you hope it would be.
See Slide 69 for reference. Then switch roles.
- En mi casa ideal, espero que haya (there are) _____ pisos y ____ cuartos de dormir. (fill in spaces with number of floors and bedrooms)
- Espero que mi casa ideal tenga una cocina ____ y ____ baños. (fill in with adjectives to describe the kitchen you want and how many bathrooms)
- Ojalá mi casa esté cerca de _____. (use vocabulary from Slide 65 on the city here- close to a park, a lake, a café, a bridge, etc.)
- Quiero que mi hogar (home) sea ______. (choose a descriptive adjective to describe how you want your house to be)
- Deseo que mi hogar tenga _____. (fill in the blank with several examples of anything you want your ideal home to have)
Paso 3. Did your classmate and you have similar desires or wishes for your ideal home? Follow the model below to describe the similarities or differences.
Opciones:
A. Mi compañero/a/e de clase y yo queremos una casa que _________.
B. Mi compañero/a/e de clase quiere una casa que _______, pero yo deseo que mi casa ______________.
¡Muy bien! 🙂
Intercultural reflection 2
Daniel Illescas is a Spanish content creator that has traveled the world to volunteer and engage in other projects. Recently, he posted a tour of his new place in Barcelona, Spain.
Do you know anyone that lives in Spain? Do you know what their home is like? Do you think the homes in Spain are similar to the ones in your country?
Watch as Daniel walks you through his renovated home. You could press CC for captions in the language you prefer.
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- Did you expect the homes in Spain to look as they do in Daniel’s video? Does your home look similar or different than Daniel’s? How so?
- List 10 new vocabulary words you learned related to the home in Spanish. Also, what rooms did Daniel show you?
- Describe the home of your dreams using the subjunctive. Create at least 2-3 sentences describing your ideal home. You could state where you want your home to be located, what you want your home to have, how many rooms you want your home to include, etc.
Modelo- Quiero que mi casa ideal esté cerca de la playa. Es importante que mi casa tenga una piscina. Prefiero que mi condo sea moderno.
For additional vocabulary related to the home, click here.
Of course, not everyone could live like Daniel. Maggie Magaña visited a Mayan family in Mexico to see their home and how they live.
Watch the following video. Press CC for captions in the language you prefer.
4. How would you describe the Mayan family home? Using subjunctive and indicative phrases, create 2 sentences that describe the Mayan home.
Modelo- Creo que la casa maya es muy orgánica. Es interesante que la familia tenga el alfabeto en su pared (wall).
5. Discuss which home you would like to live in for a day and why, the home in Spain or the Mayan home in Mexico. Also discuss what you could you learn from each experience? How do these homes compare to your own? You could use Spanish or English.
Modelo- Prefiero vivir en ________ porque _______.
Actividad U
You’ve learned about different dwellings and what’s in a city. Now it’s time to ask your classmates about their dream city and home.
Choose a row and find at least 3 different students to answer the questions in the following Lotería game. The first student to complete their row will win! Say ¡Lotería! 🙂 Have fun! 🙂
Does thinking about your dream home or city uplift your mood or mental health? Did manifestation work for you? 🙂
¡Fabuloso! 🙂
V. Chapter 10 Final Assessment
In Chapter 10, you discussed physical and mental health with por and para, used informal and formal commands to give advice for better health and recommend places to visit or activities to do in the city. You also used the subjunctive mood in conversation to manifest your dream city and home.
¡Muy bien! 🙂 You are ready to participate in the VIVIR MEJOR podcast about mental and physical health.
For your Chapter 10 Final Assessment, you will answer Erica and Chelsie’s questions for the VIVIR MEJOR podcast about health. The VIVIR MEJOR’s producer, Kenny, will ask you the questions Erica and Chelsie created for you.
You can practice answering Kenny’s questions before your assessment in Blackboard.
