Toma el jarabe con agua y descansa hasta la noche.

Take the syrup with water and rest until night.

Breakdown of Toma el jarabe con agua y descansa hasta la noche.

• con: with
• la noche: the night
• y: and
• descansar: to rest
• el agua: the water
• tomar: to drink
• el jarabe: the syrup
• hasta: until

Questions & Answers about Toma el jarabe con agua y descansa hasta la noche.

What verb form are toma and descansa?

They are affirmative informal commands (tú imperatives). For regular -ar verbs, the tú command matches the 3rd-person singular present:

• tomar → toma
• descansar → descansa Irregular tú commands to remember (not used here): di, haz, ve, pon, sal, sé, ten, ven.

How do I say it politely (usted) or to a group (ustedes)?

• Usted: Tome el jarabe con agua y descanse hasta la noche.
• Ustedes (Latin America): Tomen el jarabe con agua y descansen hasta la noche. Latin America uses ustedes (not vosotros) for addressing a group.

What if the region uses vos (voseo)?

Use the voseo imperatives:

• Tomá el jarabe con agua y descansá hasta la noche. Note: In voseo regions you’ll also see enclitic forms like tomate (have it) and descansá.

Can I use beber instead of tomar here?

Generally no. For medicine, Spanish prefers tomar: tomar un jarabe, tomar una pastilla. Beber is for drinking liquids (water, juice) and sounds odd with medicine: bebe el jarabe is not idiomatic.

What’s the difference between toma el jarabe and tómate el jarabe?

• Toma el jarabe = plain command: take the syrup.
• Tómate el jarabe = adds reflexive te. In many areas this sounds more colloquial/encouraging, often implying “go ahead and take it / take the whole dose.” Both are correct. With usted/ustedes: tómese / tómense.

Where do pronouns go with commands?

• Affirmative: attach to the end of the verb and add a written accent if needed to keep the stress.
  • Tómalo, tómate, tómeselo, tómenselo.
• Negative: place pronouns before the verb; no accent on the verb.
  • No lo tomes, no te tomes, no se tome, no se tomen.

How would I make the sentence negative?

Negate each command and move any pronouns before the verb:

• Tú: No tomes el jarabe con agua y no descanses hasta la noche.
• Usted: No tome el jarabe con agua y no descanse hasta la noche.
• Ustedes: No tomen el jarabe con agua y no descansen hasta la noche.

Why is it con agua and not en agua?

• Con agua = “with water” (accompaniment: you swallow it with water).
• En agua = “in water” (location/medium). Use en if you dissolve/mix the medicine in water: Disuélvelo en agua or Mézclalo en agua.

Do I need an article with agua? Isn’t agua feminine?

• Here no article is needed: con agua (with water, in general).
• If you specify, use the special feminine rule: el agua (not la) in the singular because agua starts with stressed “a”: el agua fría. It remains feminine (note fría). Plural goes back to las aguas.

What exactly does hasta la noche mean? Does it include the night?

It means “up to tonight/until night (this evening).” It sets the limit at the start of the night; it doesn’t necessarily include resting during the night. Context normally anchors it to the same day.

Could I say hasta esta noche?

You can, but it’s less common in this instruction style. Hasta esta noche is very common as a farewell (“see you tonight”). For a guideline like this, hasta la noche sounds more natural.

Can I use por la noche or en la noche instead of hasta la noche?

• Por la noche = “at night/in the evenings” (time when something happens), not “until.”
• En la noche = “at night/during the night.” Neither means “until tonight,” so they don’t replace hasta la noche here.

Why descansa and not duerme?

• Descansa = rest (not necessarily sleep; take it easy, relax).
• Duerme = sleep (specifically). If the idea is to sleep, say Duerme hasta la noche, but descansa is broader and more typical advice.

Can I change the word order or add connectors?

Yes, you can clarify sequence:

• Primero, toma el jarabe con agua; luego/ después, descansa hasta la noche. Word order within each clause should stay as in the original for naturalness.

Any quick pronunciation tips?

• toma: TO-ma
• jarabe: ha-RA-be (the j is like English h or a harsher kh, depending on region)
• agua: A-gwa
• descansa: des-CAN-sa
• noche: NO-che Spanish stress is as shown in caps.