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Scene illustrating a Spain Spanish-language mental health assessments part 2 conversation

Key Phrases

El trastorno bipolar es hereditario en mi familia

Bipolar disorder runs in my family

Mi cónyuge me está engañando

My spouse is cheating on me

Me enteré de que tengo VIH

I found out I have HIV

Skills You'll Learn

Discussing family medical history

Hablar sobre antecedentes médicos familiares

Expressing relationship issues

Expresar problemas de relación

Talking about personal health matters

Hablar sobre asuntos de salud personal

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

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Tengo antecedentes familiares de enfermedades mentales.

ten-go an-te-ce-den-tes fa-mi-lia-res de en-fer-me-da-des men-ta-les

I have a family history of mental illness

💬 [Antecedentes familiares de...] is a fixed medical pattern for "family history of...". You can reuse it with other conditions: [antecedentes familiares de depresión] or [antecedentes familiares de cáncer].

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El trastorno bipolar es hereditario en mi familia.

ehl trahs-TOR-noh bee-po-LAR ehs eh-reh-dee-TAH-ryoh ehn mee fah-MEE-lyah

Bipolar disorder runs in my family

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Estoy suspenso en la escuela.

ehs-TOY sus-PAYN-soh ehn lah ehs-KWEH-lah

I'm failing at school

💬 For school results, Spanish often uses [estar] plus the result word: [estoy suspenso], [estoy aprobado]. Don't copy English [failing at school] too literally with [fallando].

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Me despidieron de mi trabajo.

meh dess-pee-DYEHR-on deh mee trah-BAH-ho

I got fired from my job

💬 Spanish often uses "they" for something done to you when the person isn't named: [Me despidieron] = "I got fired." The same pattern shows up in [me robaron el bolso] ("they stole my bag" / "my bag was stolen").

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Mi cónyuge me está engañando.

mee KON-yoo-heh meh ehs-TAH ehn-GAHN-yahn-doh

My spouse is cheating on me

💬 [Engañar] can mean "deceive," but with a partner it usually means "cheat on." The [me] shows who is affected: [Me está engañando] = "is cheating on me."

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Estoy teniendo una aventura

ehs-TOY tehn-YEHN-doh OO-nah ah-vehn-TOO-rah

I'm having an affair

💬 [Tener una aventura] means "to have an affair," not "to have an adventure." For an actual adventure, use [una aventura] only when the context makes that clear, or say something like [una experiencia emocionante].

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Queremos probar el poliamor

keh-REH-mohs proh-BAHR ehl po-lee-ah-MOR

We want to try polyamory

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Necesito abortar.

neh-seh-SEE-toh ah-bohr-TAR

I need to have an abortion

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Me enteré de que tengo VIH.

meh ehn-teh-reh deh keh tehn-goh vee-ee-ah-chay

I found out I have HIV

💬 [Enterarse de que...] means "to find out that...". The [de] stays before [que]: [Me enteré de que cancelaron la cita].

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