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La médica dijo que mi rodilla no está rota, pero que debería guardar reposo dos días.
Meaning
The doctor said that my knee is not broken, but that I should rest for two days.
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Breakdown of La médica dijo que mi rodilla no está rota, pero que debería guardar reposo dos días.
yo
I
el día
the day
mi
my
estar
to be
Questions & Answers about La médica dijo que mi rodilla no está rota, pero que debería guardar reposo dos días.
Why is it la médica and not la médico or la doctora?
La médica is the feminine form of el médico and means the female doctor.
A few useful points:
- médico / médica is a very standard way to say doctor
- doctora is also common, especially in everyday speech
- In modern Spanish, especially in Spain, using médica for a woman is completely normal
So:
- el médico = the male doctor / doctor
- la médica = the female doctor
Why is it dijo? What tense is that?
Dijo is the preterite form of decir and means said.
It is used here because the speaker is reporting a completed statement made at a specific moment in the past:
- La médica dijo... = The doctor said...
This is often one of the first irregular preterite forms learners meet:
- decir → dijo
- dijeron = they said
So this is not a description of what the doctor used to say; it is one finished event.
Why is there a que after dijo?