Pharmacy & Health

1. Mepɛ aduro

   I want medicine

   Usage

   The basic way to ask for medicine at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   pɛ is "to want".

2. Wowɔ aduro a ɛyi ya?

   Do you have a painkiller?

   Usage

   Literally "do you have a medicine that removes pain?"

   Grammar Note

   a is a relative marker that links the noun to the clause after it; yi is "to remove".

3. Me ti yɛ me ya

   I have a headache

   Usage

   Tells the pharmacist about a headache

   Grammar Note

   Literally "my head makes me pain".

4. Me yafunu yɛ me ya

   I have a stomach ache

   Usage

   Tells the pharmacist about a stomach ache

   Grammar Note

   The possessor me comes before the noun yafunu.

5. Mewɔ atiridii

   I have a fever

   Usage

   atiridii means fever or malaria. Tell the pharmacist, and see a clinic if malaria is possible

   Grammar Note

   wɔ is "to have".

6. Mewɔ ayamtuo

   I have diarrhoea

   Usage

   Say it when you need medicine for diarrhoea

   Grammar Note

   wɔ is "to have".

7. Mepɛ afaseduro

   A laxative, please

   Usage

   Ask for a laxative at a pharmacy when constipated

   Grammar Note

   "Mepɛ" plus a thing is the same frame as "Mepɛ aduro" in this pharmacy set. afaseduro is "laxative", backed by a single dictionary only.

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