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How to Say ‘Are you still going to the therapy sessions the doctor prescribed?’ in Mexican Spanish

¿Sigue yendo a las terapias que le mandó el doctor?

SEE-geh YEN-doh ah lahs teh-RAH-pyahs keh leh mahn-DOH el dok-TOR

[SEE-geh YEN-doh ah lahs teh-RAH-pyahs keh leh mahn-DOH el dok-TOR]

Phrase Breakdown

¿Sigue yendo

SEE-geh YEN-doh

Are you still going

This asks whether an action is continuing. Say it as SEE-gheh YEN-doh.

Example

¿Sigue yendo a clases?

Are you still going to classes?

Words in this phrase

Sigue

[SEE-geh]

keep (on)

Informal command of 'seguir', telling someone to continue.

Example

Sigue derecho dos cuadras.

Keep going straight two blocks.

yendo

[YEN-doh]

going

Gerund of 'ir'; 'seguir yendo' means to keep going.

Example

Sigo yendo al gimnasio.

I keep going to the gym.

a las terapias

ah lahs teh-RAH-pyahs

to the therapy sessions

This is the destination of the going. Link 'las' and 'terapias' smoothly.

Example

Las terapias le ayudan mucho.

The therapy sessions help you a lot.

Words in this phrase

a

[ah]

to

Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.

Example

Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.

I'm going to the table of international companies.

las

[lahs]

the

Plural definite article used with plural nouns like 'gracias.'

Example

"las" palabras de tu mensaje fueron muy profesionales.

The words in your message were very professional.

terapias

[teh-RAH-pyahs]

therapy sessions

Treatments such as physical therapy.

Example

Las terapias me ayudan mucho.

The therapy sessions help me a lot.

que le mandó el doctor?

keh leh mahn-DOH el dok-TOR

that the doctor prescribed you?

'Que' introduces a description of the therapies. 'Mandar' here means to prescribe. Let your voice rise at the end, since this is a question.

Example

Tómese la medicina que le mandó el doctor.

Take the medicine the doctor prescribed you.

Words in this phrase

que

[keh]

that

Used to introduce a defining clause which specifies a person/thing previously mentioned.

Example

La casa que compramos es grande.

The house that we bought is big.

le

[leh]

To him/her

'Le' is an indirect object pronoun referring to a third person singular.

Example

Le he entregado el paquete.

I have delivered the package to him/her.

mandó

[mahn-DOH]

prescribed / sent

Past of 'mandar'; for doctors, it means ordered or prescribed.

Example

El doctor me mandó reposo.

The doctor prescribed me rest.

el

[el]

the

Masculine singular definite article.

Example

«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».

“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”

doctor

[dok-TOR]

doctor

Used when you need medical help or want to ask for a physician.

Example

Necesito un doctor urgentemente.

I need a doctor urgently.

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