Subjunctive homework help

[Ruci]

I have to make up a imaginary story where a friend of mine is ill and be specific while using the subjunctive at one point.

Can someone do a grammar sweep and tell me why my mistakes are mistakes?
I'm still confused as to when to use articles such as "el"
and "la". It's not too hard but sometimes I become stuck. Also, when to not conjugate the second verb in a sentence. I know we're not supposed to because of the first verb but what about line 7? Am I supposed to conjugate guarde?

1) Es sorprendente que mi amigo Diego, este enfermo porque ello es un doctor.

2) Che es un Argentino esta viajando en Sudamerica.

3) Che dice que su duele el pulmon y la garganta.

4) Es normalmente cuando che tose pero se mucho duele ahora.

5) Primero pido que haga una cita por telefono.

6) Segundo es importante que compre la receta de medicina despues del examen fisico.

7)Sugiero que tome jarabe tambien y guarde cama.

8) Insisto que deje de fumar con Raymond y no beba alcholicas y este a dieta deseo que se cuide todos dias porque Sudamerica necesita doctors.

9)Deseo que se cuide todos dias porque Sudamerica necesita doctors

10) No quiero oir que Che no respire bien otra vez.

Thanks I appreciate it!

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Ruci

1) Es sorprendente que mi amigo Diego, este enfermo porque ello es un doctor. (Accent marks need to be written. There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above where you type. Use it to insert the special characters. The second error is an incorrect pronoun.)

2) Che es un Argentino (missing something here) esta viajando en Sudamerica. (Accent marks needed.)

3) Che dice que su duele() el pulmon y la garganta. ('Doler' is a construct that needs an indirect object pronoun instead of the determiner you wrote. Also, the verb needs to agree in number with the subjects at the end of the sentence.)

4) Es normalmente cuando che tose pero se mucho duele ahora. (Wrong word form. Capitalize names. 'Doler' construction is wrong. The adverb 'mucho' goes elsewhere.)

5) Primero, pido que haga una cita por telefono.

6) Segundo, es importante que compre la receta de medicina despues del examen fisico.

7) Sugiero que tome jarabe tambien y (missing something here) guarde cama. (The rule against conjugating two verbs is when more than one verb appears in a clause (and usually they're back-to-back). The three verbs in this sentence appear in three different clauses.)

8) Insisto que deje de fumar con Raymond y (missing something here) no beba (missing something here, or the word that follows should be a noun) alcoholicas y (missing something here) este a dieta. deseo que se cuide todos dias porque Sudamerica necesita doctors.

9) Deseo que se cuide todos (missing article) dias porque Sudamerica necesita doctores.

10) No quiero oir que Che no respire bien otra vez.

Corrections and hints given above. If you have questions about what I wrote, don't hesitate to ask. When you think you have corrected the sentences, post them de nuevo so we can have another look.

Welcome to the forums, by the way!

[aleCcowaN]

Though it is OK for homework, a couple of notes:

There's no name "Che" but a unique nickname that needs an article to exist ("el Che"). You are using the English render of a historical character's nickname. I suggest you to change it to a common name.

About number 10, it is "No quiero oír que NN no respira bien otra vez" because, though theoretically your version is right as a wish, it is rather perceived as a command, a quite egoist one owing to the nature of such a command. This can't be fixed by changing the first part of the sentence; "Me dolería oír que NN no respire bien otra vez" is even worse, as it suggests he would be irreversibly ill. What about a simple "Deseo que NN no se enferme de nuevo así"?

[Ruci]

Thanks everyone. My assignment is due tomorrow because I didn't think to try a forum until days later. But I understand when to not conjugate now. I'll come back here because my professor takes forever to grade assignments. My assignment is supposed to be a paragraph so I hope I made it easier here by leaving gaps in between the sentences and numbering them.

1) Es sorprendente que mi amigo Diego, esté enfermo porque él es un doctor.

2) Diego es un Argentino ) esta viajando en Sudamérica.

3) Diego dice que les duele el pulmon y la garganta.

4) Es normalmente cuando che tose pero mucho se duele ahora.

5) Primero, pido que haga una cita por telefono.

6) Segundo, es importante que compre la receta de medicina despues del examen fisico.

7) Sugiero que tome jarabe tambien y él guarde cama.

8) Insisto que deje de fumar con Raymond y se no beba bebidas alcohólicas y se esté a dieta.

9) Deseo que se cuide todos los días porque Sudamerica necesita doctorés.

10) Deseo que Che no se enferme de nuevo.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Ruci

1) Es sorprendente que mi amigo Diego, esté enfermo porque él es un doctor.

2) Diego es un Argentino (conjugation missing) esta viajando en Sudamérica.

3) Diego dice que les duele(x) el pulmon y la garganta. (The pronoun doesn't agree with the object (Diego). The verb doesn't agree with the subject (el pulmón y la garganta).)

4) Es normalmente cuando che tose pero mucho se duele ahora. (The adverb 'mucho' would sound better elsewhere. Wrong pronoun used.)

5) Primero, pido que haga una cita por telefono.

6) Segundo, es importante que compre la receta de medicina despues del examen fisico.

7) Sugiero que tome jarabe tambien y él guarde cama. (Move the subject pronoun to the first dependent clause, in front of 'tome'.)

8) Insisto que deje de fumar con Raymond y se no beba bebidas alcohólicas y se esté a dieta. (The two pronouns need to be conjunctions.)

9) Deseo que se cuide todos los días porque Sudamerica necesita doctorés. (No accent needed on the plural noun.)

10) Deseo que Che no se enferme de nuevo.

Much better. Good job on number 10.
Correct everything in red and you're good to go.

[Ruci]

2) Quíenes
3) duele. I give up. Is it duelele?
4) Normalmente. Che. I didn't use mucho, I altered the sentence somewhat when I wrote it in class. Is "muy" better?
8)....How do I conjugate pronouns? Stumped.

Also, in class I changed "enfermo" from line 1) to "enferme". What's the difference?

Everything else is accent marks right?

Number 10 was suggested by the other poster.

I think made an A or a B+ on this in-class assignment. I've had this professor before.

[Dam]

Originally Posted by Ruci

2) Quíenes
3) duele. I give up. Is it duelele? Not duelele but duele.
4) Normalmente. Che. I didn't use mucho, I altered the sentence somewhat when I wrote it in class. Is "muy" better?
8)....How do I conjugate pronouns? Stumped.

Also, in class I changed "enfermo" from line 1) to "enfermé". What's the difference?

Everything else is accent marks right?

Number 10 was suggested by the other poster.

I think made an A or a B+ on this in-class assignment. I've had this professor before.

enfermo es:1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoenfermó es:3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

[aleCcowaN]

Ruci, you are using se as a wild-card in many phrases when you must have used le when you were talking about him, and que as a conjunction to join different parts of your sentences, something that is never carried out by a pronoun, making "deje de fumar con Raymond y se no beba bebidas alcoholicas" something like "meat her potatoes" instead of "meat and potatoes".

Also, by changing "enfermo" to "enferme", you changed an adjective into a conjugated verb, unless you dropped that "esté" too. If not, "esté enferme" have two conjugated verbs in a row, which doesn't exist in Spanish and is read as two independent actions that bumped one into another within the sentence.