VocabularyGettingHurtC4V2L2

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Key vocabulary
	¿Qué te pasó?	What happened to you?	¿Qué tienes?	What's the matter (with you)?
	¡Uf!	Ouch!	caerse	to fall down
	darle un calambre	to get a cramp	enfermarse	to get sick
	estar resfriado(a)	to have a cold	estornudar	to sneeze
	resfriarse	to catch a cold	tener un calambre	to have a cramp
	cortarse	to cut oneself	darle un calambre	for someone to get a cramp
	darse un golpe en ...	to bump one's ...	lastimarse	to injure or hurt oneself
	quemarse	to get a sunburn, to get burned	torcerse (ue)	to sprain or twist

To talk about getting hurt:

	¿Qué te pasó?	What happened to you?
	¿Qué tienes?	What's the matter (with you)?

	Below is a sample of answers using the different vocabulary words and phrases:
	Me di un golpe en la cabeza.		I hit my head.
	Me corté el brazo.		I cut my arm.
	Me caí en la clase.		I fell in class.
	Me dió un calambre durante el partido de fútbol.		I got a cramp during the soccer game.
	Me lastimé cuando corría a casa.		I hurt myself when running home.
	Me quemé en el horno.		I burned myself on the stove.
	Me rompí la pierna.		I broke my leg.
	Me torcí la muñeca cuando me caí. Ahora la tengo hincahda.		I sprained my wrist when I fell. Now it is swollen.
	Me enfermé todo fin de semana.		I was sick all weekend.
	Tuve un calambre.		I had a cramp.
	Estuve resfriada.		I had a cold.

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