Pharmacy & Health

1. Kunkolo dimi fura bɛ i bolo wa?

   Do you have headache medicine?

   Usage

   Asks for headache medicine

   Grammar Note

   "kunkolo dimi" is headache. "X bɛ i bolo" means "you have X". Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

2. N bɛ kɔnɔ dimi fura fɛ

   I want stomach medicine

   Usage

   Asks for stomach-ache medicine

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary has "N kɔnɔ bɛ n dimi" (my stomach hurts). Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

3. N bɛ kɔnɔboli fura fɛ

   I want diarrhoea medicine

   Usage

   Asks for diarrhoea medicine

   Grammar Note

   "kɔnɔboli" is diarrhoea in the dictionary. Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

4. N bɛ bandi fɛ

   I want a bandage

   Usage

   Asks for a bandage

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary has "bandi jɛlen" (a clean bandage). No separate word for adhesive plaster was verified. Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

5. N bɛ nin fura min cogo di?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asks the pharmacist how to take the medicine

   Grammar Note

   "fura min" is "take medicine" (min = drink). "cogo di" means "in what way". Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

6. Faramasi

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   The word for pharmacy; signs say "Pharmacie"

   Grammar Note

   Loan from French pharmacie.

7. Faramasi bɛ min?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Asks where the pharmacy is

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

8. N bɛ kɔnɔja fura fɛ

   A laxative, please

   Usage

   Asks for constipation medicine

   Grammar Note

   Same frame as "N bɛ kɔnɔboli fura fɛ" (I want diarrhoea medicine); "kɔnɔja" is constipation in the dictionary. Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar.

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