"Doctor Pérez, me duele mucho la pierna. ¡Ay!"
"Miguel, ¿te duele _____ ?"
a. la derecha o la izquierda
b. el derecho o el izquierda
c. la morada o la rosada
d. la quinta o la séptima
A? My teacher says it is D. What do you think?
I agree that it is a. What on earth does the fifth or the seventh have to do with ONE leg out of TWO?
Sra
She says the doctor is talking about parts of the leg.
How would you know that from what we see? The fifth or the seventh WHAT?
Sra
Let me expand a bit. Parts of the body use the definite article when it is obvious whose leg it is. Here is what we see:
"Doctor Pérez, me duele mucho la pierna. ¡Ay!"
translation: Dr. Pérez, MY leg hurts a lot. OW!
"Miguel, ¿te duele _____ ?"
translation: Michael, does........hurt you?
a. the (your) right or left? The gender is feminine singular, just like "pierna/leg"
b. the (your) right or left? BUT here the gender is masculine, singular.
c. the purple or the pink (I sincerely doubt this is referring to anyone's leg.)
d. the (your) fifth or seventh = unclear as to the antecedent
Now, this is taken out of context. If we were privy to the entire conversation, it might be clear that the doctor is referring to PART of the leg, but only seeing the item alone, the specified noun should be LEG.
Sra
Thanks for checking this over!
In order to determine the correct option, let's analyze the conversation between Doctor Pérez and Miguel. Miguel mentions that his leg is hurting, and Doctor Pérez asks if the pain is on the right or left side.
Now let's look at the options:
a. la derecha o la izquierda (the right or the left)
b. el derecho o el izquierda (the right or the left) - this option is incorrect grammatically. In Spanish, "derecho" and "izquierda" should be feminine, so it should be "la derecho" and "la izquierda," which are not the correct forms.
c. la morada o la rosada (the purple or the pink) - this option is unrelated to the context of the conversation and doesn't make sense.
d. la quinta o la séptima (the fifth or the seventh) - this option is also unrelated to the context of the conversation and doesn't make sense.
Based on the context, option a is the correct one. It provides the appropriate choices for the right and left sides of the leg. Therefore, it seems like your teacher made a mistake, and option D is not correct.