Health & Hospital

1. Haiu duluri di testa

   I have a headache

   Usage

   Tells a doctor or pharmacist that you have a headache

   Grammar Note

   The pattern is pain + di + body part; change the part to describe other aches. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Unni è a farmacìa?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Asks where the pharmacy is

   Grammar Note

   Farmacìa takes a grave accent on the final ìa. Signs usually show the Italian farmacia. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Haiu a frevi

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Tells a doctor or pharmacist that you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   Frevi is feminine, and an illness or symptom normally takes the definite article. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Prena

   Pregnant

   Usage

   Tells a doctor or pharmacist that you are pregnant

   Grammar Note

   A feminine adjective, used only of women. In a sentence say Sugnu prena (I am pregnant)

5. Farmacìa

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   Names the pharmacy; handy for reading signs or asking the way

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun, with a grave accent on the final ìa. Signs usually show the Italian farmacia

6. Peḍḍi

   Skin

   Usage

   Names the skin when describing pain, itching or a rash

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun. Ḍḍ is the dedicated letter for the retroflex sound; dictionaries may list it as peddi, and this card uses the ḍḍ spelling

7. Tussi

   Cough

   Usage

   The word for a cough, to tell a doctor or pharmacist about it

   Grammar Note

   A feminine noun that ends in -i even in the singular. In a sentence it takes the article, as in A tussi

8. Mi fa mali ccà

   It hurts here

   Usage

   Said while pointing, to show where it hurts

   Grammar Note

   Fari mali means to hurt, literally to do harm to me. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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