Health & Hospital

1. ماندوو بووم

   Mandû bûm

   I'm tired

   Usage

   Tells people you are tired or unwell

   Grammar Note

   Adjective + بوون means 'to become'. The past 1st person is بووم, and ماندوو has a long û written وو.

2. تۆزێک ئێشم لە پشتم هەیە

   Tozêk êşim le piştim heye

   My back aches a little

   Usage

   Describes mild back pain to a doctor or pharmacist

   Grammar Note

   Pain is expressed as 'I have an ache': ئێشم هەیە, with the place given as لە + noun + possessive clitic.

3. گەدەم دەئێشێت

   Gedem de'êşêt

   My stomach aches

   Usage

   Reports stomach pain to a doctor or pharmacist

   Grammar Note

   گەدە 'stomach' takes the possessive clitic -m. دەئێشێت is the 3rd person present of ئێشان 'to ache'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. دەبێت هەر شەش سەعات جارێک دوو حەب بخۆم

   Debêt her şeş se'at carêk dû ḧeb bixom

   I have to take two pills every six hours

   Usage

   Explains or confirms how often you take a medicine

   Grammar Note

   The noun stays singular after a numeral (دوو حەب). 'Take medicine' uses خواردن, literally 'eat'.

5. من دووگیانم

   Min dûgyanim

   I'm pregnant

   Usage

   Tells medical staff that you are pregnant

   Grammar Note

   دووگیان is an adjective 'pregnant', and -m is 'I am'. Sorani has no grammatical gender. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. بریندار بووم

   Birîndar bûm

   I'm injured

   Usage

   Tells people you have been hurt

   Grammar Note

   بریندار بوون means 'to get injured'; بریندار کردن would be 'to injure someone'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

7. دەمەوێت دکتۆرێک ببینم

   Demewêt diktorêk bibînim

   I want to see a doctor

   Usage

   Asks to be seen by a doctor

   Grammar Note

   دەمەوێت + subjunctive (ببینم) means 'I want to …'. -êk is the indefinite 'a'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

8. سەرمام بووە

   Sermam bûwe

   I've caught a cold

   Usage

   Tells someone you have a cold

   Grammar Note

   سەرما بوون means 'to catch a cold'; the clitic -m marks the person affected, and بووە is the perfect. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

9. خوێن

   Xwên

   blood

   Usage

   A word for describing bleeding or injury

   Grammar Note

   خوێن is 'blood'; do not confuse it with خوێ 'salt'.

10. حەب

    Ḧeb

    pill

    Usage

    A word for a tablet or pill

    Grammar Note

    حەب is a tablet or pill; after a numeral it stays singular.

11. سکچوون

    Sikçûn

    Diarrhea

    Usage

    A word for diarrhea; show it to a doctor or pharmacist to describe the symptom

    Grammar Note

    سکچوون means 'diarrhea'; it is the title of the ckb.wikipedia article. It is a compound of سک (belly) and چوون (going). سک can also mean 'pregnancy' (سکی هەیە = she is pregnant), so do not name the symptom with سک alone. The short vowels in the romanization are inferred by rule and need native confirmation.

12. قەبزی

    Qebzî

    Constipation

    Usage

    A word for constipation; show it to a doctor or pharmacist to describe the symptom

    Grammar Note

    قەبزی means 'constipation'. ckb.wikipedia lists it next to سکچوون (diarrhea) among bowel diseases and also has the phrase 'قەبزی ھەیە' (has constipation). It is of Arabic origin. The short vowels in the romanization are inferred by rule and need native confirmation.

13. پیسایی

    Pîsayî

    Poop

    Usage

    The neutral word for stool, fine at a clinic or with children. An everyday child-style word could not be confirmed in a dictionary or encyclopedia, so this word is used instead

    Grammar Note

    The ckb.wikipedia article 'پیسایی' introduces it as 'پیسایی یان گوو' (also called گوو). گوو is vulgar and is not used here; also do not confuse its spelling with گوێ (ear). The short vowels in the romanization are inferred by rule and need native confirmation.

14. میز

    Mîz

    Pee

    Usage

    The neutral word for urine, fine at a clinic or with children. An everyday child-style word could not be confirmed in a dictionary, so this word is used instead

    Grammar Note

    میز means 'urine' (en.wiktionary). 'To pee' is میز کردن; Tatoeba has 'میزم دەکرد' (I was peeing). Do not confuse it with مێز (table), which differs by the ێ. The romanization vowel length is inferred by rule and needs native confirmation.

15. سکچوونم هەیە

    Sikçûnim heye

    I have diarrhea

    Usage

    Tells a doctor or pharmacist that you have diarrhea

    Grammar Note

    The same X-m heye frame as another card ('تایەکم هەیە'), with سکچوون from another card. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

16. قەبزیم هەیە

    Qebzîm heye

    I'm constipated

    Usage

    Tells a doctor or pharmacist that you are constipated

    Grammar Note

    The same X-m heye frame as another card ('تایەکم هەیە'), with قەبزی from another card. ckb.wikipedia has the phrase 'قەبزی ھەیە' (has constipation). Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

17. دەمەوێت میز بکەم

    Demewêt mîz bikem

    I need to pee

    Usage

    The ordinary way to tell a companion or a child that you need to pee; neither overly polite nor crude

    Grammar Note

    The same 'دەمەوێت + subjunctive' frame as another card ('دەمەوێت دکتۆرێک ببینم'), with میز کردن from another card (subjunctive بکەم). ckb.wikipedia has the form 'میز بکات'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

18. دەمەوێت پیسایی بکەم

    Demewêt pîsayî bikem

    I need to poop

    Usage

    The ordinary way to tell a companion or a child that you need to poop; neither overly polite nor crude

    Grammar Note

    The same 'دەمەوێت + subjunctive' frame as another card, with بکەم added to پیسایی from another card. ckb.wikipedia has 'تا بەئاسانی پیسایی بکات' (so that he can pass stool easily). Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

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