Health & Hospital

1. Bijîşkek lazim e min.

   Bi-jîş-kek la-zim e min.

   I need a doctor.

   Usage

   Essential phrase when you need medical help.

   Grammar Note

   "lazim e" means "it is necessary"; "e" is the copula.

2. Serê min diêşe.

   Se-rê min di-ê-şe.

   My head aches.

   Usage

   Describing head pain to a doctor.

   Grammar Note

   "diêşe" is the third person singular present of "êşîn" (to ache), with "di-" prefix.

3. Dermanxane li ku derê ye?

   Der-man-xa-ne li ku de-rê ye?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Locating a pharmacy.

   Grammar Note

   "Dermanxane" compounds "derman" (medicine) + "xane" (house/place).

4. Ji penîsilînê re alerjiya min heye.

   Ji pe-nî-si-lî-nê re a-ler-ji-ya min he-ye.

   I have an allergy to penicillin.

   Usage

   Informing medical staff of a drug allergy.

   Grammar Note

   "alerjiya min heye" literally "my allergy exists", meaning "I have an allergy".

5. Nexweşxane li ku derê ye?

   Ne-xweş-xa-ne li ku de-rê ye?

   Where is the hospital?

   Usage

   Locating a hospital in an emergency.

   Grammar Note

   "Nexweşxane" compounds "nexweş" (ill) + "xane" (house): "sick house" = hospital.

6. Zikê min diêşe.

   Zi-kê min di-ê-şe.

   My stomach aches.

   Usage

   Describing stomach pain or digestive issues.

   Grammar Note

   "Zikê min" means "my stomach"; "min" is the genitive pronoun "my".

7. Dermanê ji bo êşê bide min.

   Der-ma-nê ji bo ê-şê bi-de min.

   Give me medicine for pain.

   Usage

   Requesting pain medication at a pharmacy.

   Grammar Note

   "ji bo" is the prepositional phrase meaning "for/in order to".

8. Rojê çend caran ev derman bixwim?

   Ro-jê çend ca-ran ev der-man bi-xwim?

   How many times a day should I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asking about medication dosage.

   Grammar Note

   "bixwim" is the subjunctive of "xwarin" (to eat/take), used in obligation.

9. Ta min heye.

   Ta min he-ye.

   I have a fever.

   Usage

   Telling a doctor you have a fever.

   Grammar Note

   Fever is the noun "ta", used in the possessive pattern "X min heye" ("I have X"); its oblique form is "tayê". "Tenê ku germ im" ("only that I am hot") is not a well-formed sentence.

10. Ji kerema xwe ambûlansê bang bike.

    Ji ke-re-ma xwe am-bû-lan-sê bang bi-ke.

    Please call the ambulance.

    Usage

    Emergency phrase for requesting an ambulance.

    Grammar Note

    "to call" an ambulance is bang kirin; xwendin means "to read/study" and is not used here (bang bikin is also used).

11. Ez ducanî me.

    I am pregnant

    Usage

    Decides whether medicine or X-rays are safe; show it before any treatment

12. Nexweşiya şekir

    Diabetes

    Usage

    Tell a doctor or pharmacist about this condition

13. Tansiyona bilind

    High blood pressure

    Usage

    Tell a doctor or pharmacist about this condition

14. Nexweşiya dil

    Heart disease

    Usage

    Tell a doctor or pharmacist about this condition

15. Hestiyê min şikestiye.

    I broke a bone

    Usage

    Communicates the severity of an injury at once

16. Ez nikarim bêhna xwe bistînim.

    I can't breathe properly

    Usage

    A high-urgency symptom; show it immediately

17. Serê min digere.

    I feel dizzy

    Usage

    For light-headedness or unsteadiness

18. Xwîn

    Blood (bleeding)

    Usage

    Point at the bleeding spot while showing it

19. Birîn

    Wound

    Usage

    Names the type of injury at a pharmacy or clinic

20. Kuxik

    Cough

    Usage

    For describing your symptom at a pharmacy

21. Koma xwînê

    Blood type

    Usage

    Shown when giving your blood group before transport or a transfusion

22. Lerz

    Chills

    Usage

    Reports the chills and shivering that come with a fever; the fever itself is ta

23. Persîv

    Common cold

    Usage

    Names the illness itself; serma is used the same way but also means cold weather, so it is less clear

24. Bijîşk bang bikin!

    Please call a doctor

    Usage

    Asking the people around you to call a doctor when someone has suddenly fallen ill

    Grammar Note

    The "X bang bikin!" ("please call X") frame, as in "Polîs bang bikin!", filled with "bijîşk" (doctor). The frame takes a bare object — a masculine noun whose oblique form is unchanged — so no indefinite "-ek" or oblique ending is needed.

25. Li vir diêşe.

    It hurts here

    Usage

    Said to a doctor while pointing at the spot that hurts

    Grammar Note

    The third-person singular present "diêşe" of the verb êşîn, as in "Serê min diêşe." and "Zikê min diêşe.", with the place expression "Li vir" ("here") in front. Êşîn is intransitive: either the aching body part is the subject, or, as here, only the place is given and the subject is left out.

26. Ma bêhnvedan lazim e?

    Do I need to rest?

    Usage

    Asking the doctor after an examination whether you should stay at rest or may carry on

    Grammar Note

    The "X lazim e" frame, as in "Bijîşkek lazim e min." ("I need a doctor"), filled with "bêhnvedan" (rest), and turned into a yes/no question by the leading particle "Ma", as in "Ma pakêta bêhnvedanê heye?" and "Ma em dikarin…".

27. Zikçûn

    Diarrhea

    Usage

    Name of the symptom. Point to it at a clinic or pharmacy. Do not use "zikêşî" for this: it means stomach ache

28. Qebizî

    Constipation

    Usage

    Name of the symptom. Point to it at a clinic or pharmacy. Also called "zikgirî"

29. Destava stûr

    Poop (stool)

    Usage

    The plain everyday word "gû" sounds crude; the polite substitute is "destava stûr" (literally "the thick toilet business"). Point to it at a check-up to describe your stool

30. Mîz

    Pee (urine)

    Usage

    A plain everyday word that anatomy textbooks also use. A more polite way to say it is "destava zirav". For describing a urine problem at a check-up

31. Zikçûna min heye.

    I have diarrhea

    Usage

    Tells a doctor or pharmacist your symptom. Same "X min heye" pattern as "Taya min heye" (I have a fever)

32. Qebizîya min heye.

    I'm constipated

    Usage

    Tells a doctor or pharmacist your symptom. Same "X min heye" pattern as "Taya min heye" (I have a fever); literally "I have constipation"

33. Ez dixwazim mîz bikim.

    I need to pee

    Usage

    Tells a companion or a child that you need to pee. "Mîz kirin" is the verb phrase for urinating

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