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Module 6 · Tourism and travel

Lesson 59 · Elementary · 4 min

Ill while travelling: at the pharmacy

Explaining symptoms, understanding the dosage and knowing when to see a doctor.

  • Unreviewed: this lesson’s Darija and translations have not yet been checked by a native speaker.

In this lesson

  • Say where it hurts
  • Say since when
  • Understand how to take a medicine

Moroccan pharmacists readily give advice. To say where it hurts: “kaydrni” + the body part.

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This lesson hasn’t been recorded yet, and we won’t fake it with a made-up voice. Read the dialogue out loud with the help of the transliteration key.

Dialogue

  1. PharmacienneMr7ba. Chno kaydrek?Hello. What’s hurting?
  2. AlexKaydrni rasi, w fiya sskhana.I have a headache and a fever.
  3. PharmacienneHadi chhal?How long has it been?
  4. AlexMn lbare7. W kaydrni kerchi chwiya.Since yesterday. And my stomach hurts a bit.
  5. PharmacienneWach klit chi 7aja f zzen9a?Did you eat something from a street stall?
  6. AlexIyyeh, lbare7 klit sserdin.Yes, yesterday I ate sardines.
  7. PharmacienneHak had ddwa: 7ebba f sba7 w 7ebba f lil.Here’s this medicine: one tablet in the morning and one at night.
  8. PharmacienneW ila b9at sskhana ghedda, mchi l ttbib.And if the fever is still there tomorrow, go to the doctor.
How to read the transliteration

Darija is written here in Latin letters, the way many Moroccans text. A few symbols stand for sounds English, French and Swedish don't have:

3
a tight sound from the throat (Arabic ع)
7
a breathy h, stronger than English h (ح)
9
a k made deep in the throat (ق)
gh
like a French r (غ)
kh
like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach (خ)
ch
like English sh (ش)

Vocabulary

chno kaydrek?شنو كيضرك؟
what’s hurting?
kaydrni…كيضرني…
my … hurts
ras / rasiراس / راسي
head / my head
kerch / kerchiكرش / كرشي
belly / my stomach
sskhanaالسخانة
fever
hadi chhal?هادي شحال؟
how long has it been?
mn lbare7من البارح
since yesterday
ddwaالدوا
medicine
7ebbaحبة
a tablet, pill
b9a / b9atبقا / بقات
to remain, continue (it m. / f.)
ttbibالطبيب
the doctor

Repeat after me

Read each phrase out loud, then cover it and say it from memory.

  • Kaydrni rasi, w fiya sskhana.

    كيضرني راسي، وفيا السخانة.

    I have a headache and a fever.

  • Hadi chhal?

    هادي شحال؟

    How long has it been?

  • Mn lbare7. W kaydrni kerchi chwiya.

    من البارح. وكيضرني كرشي شوية.

    Since yesterday. And my stomach hurts a bit.

  • W ila b9at sskhana ghedda, mchi l ttbib.

    وإلا بقات السخانة غدا، مشي للطبيب.

    And if the fever is still there tomorrow, go to the doctor.

Quiz

  1. Question 1 of 7What are Alex’s symptoms?
  2. Question 2 of 7Fill in the blankKaydrni , w fiya sskhana.I have a headache and a fever.
  3. Question 3 of 7How should he take the medicine?
  4. Question 4 of 7Match each expression with its meaning.
  5. Question 5 of 7What does “b9a / b9at” mean?
  6. Question 6 of 7How do you say “head / my head” in Darija?
  7. Question 7 of 7 · Review from lesson 2Review (lesson 2): what does “sba7 lkhir” mean?

Your turn

At the pharmacy: say what hurts and since when.

Show an example answer

Kaydrni kerchi mn lbare7. Wach 3ndek chi dwa?

كيضرني كرشي من البارح. واش عندك شي دوا؟

My stomach has hurt since yesterday. Do you have any medicine?

Summary

“Kaydrni rasi / kerchi”, “fiya sskhana”, “mn lbare7”, “7ebba f sba7” and “mchi l ttbib”.

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