Pharmacy & Health

1. قوڕگ ئێشە و تایەکی کەمم هەیە

   Quṟg êşe û tayek-î kemim heye

   I have a sore throat and a slight fever

   Usage

   Describes symptoms to a pharmacist or doctor

   Grammar Note

   ئێشە 'hurts' follows the body part. Fever is تا, which appears here as the indefinite تایەک.

2. ئازارم هەیە

   Azarim heye

   I'm in pain

   Usage

   The first thing to say when something hurts; point to where

   Grammar Note

   ئازار means 'pain'. Possession is ئازارم هەیە 'I have pain'.

3. تایەکم هەیە

   Tayekim heye

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Tells a pharmacist you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   تا is 'fever', and تایەک 'a fever'. Illnesses are said as X-m heye.

4. کۆکەم هەیە

   Kokem heye

   I have a cough

   Usage

   Describes a cold symptom at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   کۆکە means 'cough'. Do not confuse it with کۆ 'collect'.

5. نەخۆشم

   Nexoşim

   I'm sick

   Usage

   The shortest way to say you are unwell

   Grammar Note

   نەخۆش means 'ill'. The clitic -m is the copula 'I am'.

6. پێویستم بە دکتۆرە

   Pêwîstim be diktore

   I need a doctor

   Usage

   When you are ill and need to see a doctor

   Grammar Note

   پێویستم بە … e 'I need …' puts بە before the thing needed.

7. پێویستە سەردانی دکتۆر بکەیت

   Pêwîste serdan-î diktor bikeyt

   You should see a doctor

   Usage

   What a pharmacist says to advise seeing a doctor

   Grammar Note

   سەردان کردن 'to visit'; سەردانی دکتۆر کردن 'to see a doctor'. پێویستە takes the subjunctive.

8. شرووبی کۆکەم دەوێت

   Şirûb-î kokem dewêt

   I need cough syrup

   Usage

   Asks for cough medicine at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   شرووبی کۆکە is 'cough syrup'. Wanting something is expressed as … m dewêt.

9. نزیکترین دەرمانخانە لەکوێیە؟

   Nizîktirîn dermanxane lekwêye?

   Where is the nearest pharmacy?

   Usage

   Finds a pharmacy when you need medicine

   Grammar Note

   دەرمانخانە combines دەرمان 'medicine' with خانە 'house'.

10. دەرمانێکم دەوێت

    Dermanêkim dewêt

    I need some medicine

    Usage

    Said at a pharmacy before describing your symptoms

    Grammar Note

    -êk is the indefinite 'a/some', and the clitic -m marks 'to me'.

11. دەرمانی سکچوونم دەوێت

    Derman-î sikçûnim dewêt

    Anti-diarrhea medicine, please

    Usage

    Asks a pharmacist for anti-diarrhea medicine

    Grammar Note

    The same 'medicine + -î + symptom-m dewêt' frame as another card ('شرووبی کۆکەم دەوێت', I want cough syrup), with سکچوون from another card. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

12. دەرمانی قەبزیم دەوێت

    Derman-î qebzîm dewêt

    A laxative, please

    Usage

    Asks a pharmacist for medicine for constipation

    Grammar Note

    The same 'medicine + -î + symptom-m dewêt' frame as another card, with قەبزی from another card. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

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