Pharmacy & Health

1. Händ Sie öppis gäge Chopfweh?

   Do you have something for a headache?

   Usage

   A basic sentence for asking at a pharmacy for something against a symptom

   Grammar Note

   composed: öppis gäge ... means something against ...

2. Ich bruuche öppis gäge Buuchweh.

   I need something for a stomach ache

   Usage

   Tells a pharmacist about a stomach problem

   Grammar Note

   composed: weh means pain and forms compounds with body parts, as in Chopfweh

3. Ich ha Fieber.

   I have a fever

   Usage

   A basic sentence to tell a pharmacist or doctor that you have a fever

   Grammar Note

   composed: ich ha corresponds to Standard German ich habe

4. Ich bruuche Pflaschter.

   I need plasters

   Usage

   Asked at a pharmacy for a small cut

   Grammar Note

   composed: Standard German Pflaster becomes Pflaschter with the scht sound

5. Bruuch ich es Rezäpt?

   Do I need a prescription?

   Usage

   Asks whether a prescription is needed before buying medicine

   Grammar Note

   composed: the question is formed by inversion; bruuche shortens to bruuch before ich

6. Wie muess ich das näh?

   How should I take this?

   Usage

   Asks the pharmacist how to take a medicine

   Grammar Note

   composed: näh means to take, and is also the verb used for taking medicine

7. d Apotheke

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   The noun for pharmacy; signs use the same spelling

   Grammar Note

   composed: Apotheke is feminine

8. s Rezäpt

   Prescription

   Usage

   The written order for medicine from a doctor

   Grammar Note

   composed: Rezäpt is neuter

9. s Thermometer

   Thermometer

   Usage

   A tool for measuring fever, sold at pharmacies

   Grammar Note

   composed: Thermometer is neuter

10. Ich bruuche öppis gäge Durchfall, bitte.

    Anti-diarrhea medicine, please

    Usage

    Asks a pharmacist for anti-diarrhea medicine

    Grammar Note

    composed: "öppis gäge …" means "something for …", the same pattern as "Ich bruuche öppis gäge Buuchweh". Durchfall is used without an article

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