Pharmacy & Health

13 phrases · Konkani with romanization, English and audio

  1. वखदां दुकान खंय आसा?

    vakhadāṃ dukān khaṃy āsā?

    Where is the pharmacy?

    Usage

    Literally "medicines shop"

    Grammar Note

    "Medicine" is वखद (not Marathi औषध). वखदां दुकान occurs in gom.wikipedia.

  2. म्हजी तकली दुखता, वखद आसा?

    mhajī takalī dukhatā, vakhad āsā?

    My head hurts. Do you have medicine?

    Usage

    Used to ask for headache medicine

    Grammar Note

    "तकली दुखता" is the way to say headache (gom.wikipedia). तकली is feminine, hence म्हजी. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  3. म्हाका पोटदुखीचें वखद जाय

    mhākā poṭadukhīceṃ vakhad jāy

    I need stomach medicine.

    Usage

    A request at the pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    पोटदुखी is dictionary-confirmed. वखद is neuter, so the genitive is -चें. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  4. म्हाका ताप आयलो

    mhākā tāp āyalo

    I have a fever.

    Usage

    Literally "fever has come"

    Grammar Note

    ताप is treated as masculine and the verb is आयलो. gom.wikipedia has "cough and fever decrease". (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  5. म्हाका ॲलर्जी आसा

    mhākā elarjī āsā

    I have an allergy.

    Usage

    ॲलर्जी is an English loan

    Grammar Note

    ॲलर्जी is an English loan that appears in gom.wikipedia. Person + -क + आसा expresses having. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  6. म्हाका पट्टी जाय

    mhākā paṭṭī jāy

    I need a bandage.

    Usage

    Asked at a pharmacy for wound care

    Grammar Note

    The IndoWordNet example "applied ointment on the wound and tied a पट्टी" confirms the bandage sense. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  7. दूख काडपी मलम जाय

    dūkh kāḍapī malam jāy

    I need a pain-relief ointment.

    Usage

    मलम is an ointment; "to take away pain" is दूख काडप

    Grammar Note

    The dictionary defines मलम as a salve that removes pain. "To me" is omitted in this short form. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  8. म्हाका तापाचें वखद जाय

    mhākā tāpāceṃ vakhad jāy

    I need fever medicine.

    Usage

    Asked at a pharmacy when you have a fever

    Grammar Note

    वखद is neuter (gom.wikipedia has "तेंच वखद"). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  9. वखदाची गुळी

    vakhadācī guḷī

    A tablet (medicine pill)

    Usage

    The word for a pill or tablet

    Grammar Note

    गुळी is feminine; the dictionary glosses it as a medicine pill.

  10. हें वखद कशें घेवचें?

    heṃ vakhad kaśeṃ ghevaceṃ?

    How do I take this medicine?

    Usage

    Asks how to take a medicine

    Grammar Note

    "How" is कशें (neuter), not Marathi कसे. घेवचें is the "should be done" form. (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

  11. जंतूनाशक

    jaṃtūnāśak

    Antiseptic

    Usage

    Show it when you need an antiseptic for a wound

    Grammar Note

    A compound of जंतू (germ) and नाशक (destroyer), confirmed as a dictionary translation.

  12. तपमापक

    tapamāpak

    Thermometer

    Usage

    Show it when looking for a thermometer

    Grammar Note

    A compound of तप (heat) and मापक (measurer), confirmed as a dictionary translation.

  13. म्हाका दोळ्यांचे थेंब जाय

    mhākā doḷyāṃce theṃb jāy

    I need eye drops.

    Usage

    Asked at a pharmacy

    Grammar Note

    "Eye" is दोळो (plural दोळे); थेंब means a drop (dictionary-confirmed). (Composed from dictionary-verified words.)

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