Phrase · 🩺 At the doctor: symptoms and treatment

¿Tiene alergia a algún medicamento o alimento?

Are you allergic to any medicine or food?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Tiene1verbdo you havetener · present · 3rd sing.alergia2nounallergyfem. · sing.a2prepositiontoalgún3determineranyalguno · masc. · sing.medicamentonounmedicinemasc. · sing.oconjunctionoralimentonounfoodmasc. · sing.?

Tiene → alergia: obj
alergia → a: prep
medicamento → algún: agree

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
¿Tiene…?: the usted form doctors normally use with patients. Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →
2
tener alergia a = to be allergic to; also ser alérgico a.
3
algún: alguno drops -o before a masculine noun. Indefinites and double negation →

Variations

¿Es alérgico a algún medicamento o alimento?