Pharmacy & Health

1. Ke opelwa ke hlogo. Naa o na le sehlare?

   I have a headache. Do you have any medicine?

   Usage

   Used at a pharmacy to ask for headache medicine

   Grammar Note

   "go opelwa ke hlogo" means to have a headache (it appears in lists of symptoms). "sehlare" means medicine or remedy (composed from dictionary-verified words)

2. Ke opelwa ke mpa. Ke nyaka sehlare

   I have a stomach ache. I need medicine

   Usage

   Used when you want medicine for a stomach problem

   Grammar Note

   "mpa" means belly. "nyaka" means want; "batla" is the Sesotho/Setswana form (composed from dictionary-verified words)

3. Ke nyaka sehlare sa letšhologo

   I need medicine for diarrhoea

   Usage

   Used at a pharmacy when you have diarrhoea

   Grammar Note

   "letšhologo" is the word for diarrhoea (composed from dictionary-verified words)

4. Mmele wa ka o fiša

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Used to say you have a fever; it literally says the body is hot

   Grammar Note

   Literally "my body is hot". A dedicated word for fever could not be verified, so verified words are used (composed from dictionary-verified words)

5. Ke nyaka sehlare sa go thibela dikhunkhwane

   I need insect repellent

   Usage

   Used to ask for insect repellent where there are many insects

   Grammar Note

   "go thibela" means to prevent. The plural of "khunkhwane" (insect) is "dikhunkhwane" (composed from dictionary-verified words)

6. Sehlare se se nwewa bjang?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Used to ask a pharmacist how to take a medicine

   Grammar Note

   "nwewa" is the passive of "nwa" (drink); "go nwewa" (fit to drink) is attested (composed from dictionary-verified words)

7. Sehlare sa go fokotša bohloko

   Painkiller

   Usage

   Used to ask for a painkiller

   Grammar Note

   "fokotša" means reduce (composed from dictionary-verified words)

8. Sehlare sa go gohlola

   Cough medicine

   Usage

   Used at a pharmacy for a cough

   Grammar Note

   "gohlola" means to cough (composed from dictionary-verified words)

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