📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 9 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 2 · La salud y el cuerpo
Advice that cares
Module 7 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 9 of 30: Now the two units meet. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
es necesario que descanses
you need to rest
ehs neh-seh-SAH-ryoh keh dehs-KAHN-sehs
deberías dormir
you should sleep
deh-beh-REE-ahs dohr-MEER
te aconsejo
I advise you
teh ah-kohn-SEH-hoh
descansar
to rest
dehs-kahn-SAR
mejorar
to get better
meh-hoh-RAR
la salud
health
lah sah-LOOD
quedarse en casa
to stay home
keh-DAR-seh ehn KAH-sah
usted debe descansar
you must rest (polite)
oos-TEHD DEH-beh dehs-kahn-SAR
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Now the two units meet. Health advice is exactly where the subjunctive earns its place: es necesario que descanses (you need to rest), quiero que tomes agua (I want you to drink water). Deber says the same as a plain must: usted debe descansar.
Y también · And also
Softer forms exist and are often kinder: deberías dormir (you should sleep) uses the condicional you already own, and te aconsejo descansar (I advise you to rest) takes a plain infinitive when the person is the same one being advised.
Ojo · Watch out
es necesario que descanses: the subjunctive after que with a named person. te aconsejo takes an infinitive (te aconsejo descansar) or que + subjunctive (te aconsejo que descanses) — both are right; never te aconsejo que descansas.
descansar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo descanse · tú descanses · él/ella/usted descanse · nosotros descansemos · ustedes descansen · ellos/ellas descansen
deber, presente — the table
yo debo · tú debes · él/ella/usted debe · nosotros debemos · ustedes deben · ellos/ellas deben
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with es necesario que descanses.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out descansar, presente de subjuntivo and deber, presente in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.