Understand and give advice with deber and tener que.
A doctor examines a patient and gives advice and a prescription.
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To give advice, Spanish has three useful tools. 1) deberías + infinitive ('you should'): 'Deberías descansar.' This is the conditional and sounds gentle. 2) tener que + infinitive ('have to', stronger obligation): 'Tienes que tomar las pastillas.' 3) The affirmative imperative for tú, which often looks like the él/ella present: tomar → ¡toma!, beber → ¡bebe!, descansar → ¡descansa! Common irregulars: hacer → haz, ir → ve, poner → pon. Use these for direct instructions: 'Toma estas pastillas dos veces al día.'
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