Pharmacy & Health

1. Ifarmasi

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   When looking for somewhere to buy medicine

   Grammar Note

   ifarmasi is a loan from French pharmacie, spelled as in the dictionary

2. Ndameneka umutwe

   I have a headache

   Usage

   To describe the symptom before asking for medicine

   Grammar Note

   n- (I) + -da- (present) + -meneka (break) + umutwe (head); the idiom kumeneka umutwe means to have a headache

3. Ndaribwa mu nda

   My stomach hurts

   Usage

   To describe stomach pain before asking for medicine

   Grammar Note

   n- (I) + -da- (present) + -ribwa (hurt) + mu (in) + nda (stomach)

4. Mfise uguhitwa

   I have diarrhea

   Usage

   To describe the symptom before asking for medicine

   Grammar Note

   m- (I) + -fise (have) + uguhitwa (diarrhea), the noun form of guhitwa

5. Mfise inyonko

   I have a fever

   Usage

   To report a fever; Mfise inyonko nini means a high fever

   Grammar Note

   m- (I) + -fise (have) + inyonko (fever)

6. Ndababara mu muhogo

   I have a sore throat

   Usage

   To describe the symptom before asking for medicine

   Grammar Note

   n- (I) + -da- (present) + -babara (hurt) + mu muhogo (in the throat)

7. Ndakeneye umuti

   I need medicine

   Usage

   At a pharmacy; describe the symptom first

   Grammar Note

   n- (I) + -da- (present) + -keneye (need) + umuti (medicine)

8. Ndakeneye umuti w'uguhitwa

   Anti-diarrhea medicine, please

   Usage

   To ask for anti-diarrhea medicine at a pharmacy. You can first state the symptom with another card "Mfise uguhitwa"

   Grammar Note

   another card "Ndakeneye umuti" plus the linking w' ("of"; umuti is class 3, so w-, with an apostrophe because uguhitwa begins with a vowel) and uguhitwa (diarrhea). The same linking as in existing "w'Imana". Composed from dictionary words; not checked with a native speaker

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