Health and illness (lesson 13)
Telling a pharmacist what hurts — taauko dukhyo, peṭ dukhyo, jwaro aayo. Body parts and the dative experiencer.
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FSI 1979, lesson 13. Health vocabulary delivered in the form every traveler needs: 'malai X laagyo' (X has affected me) — the same construction as 'malai lek lagyo' (altitude sickness). Common symptoms drilled: taauko dukhcha (headache), pet dukhcha (stomach pain), vaitee aaucha (vomiting), bhok laagyo (I'm hungry), tirkhaa laagyo (I'm thirsty). The 'I need a doctor' template at minute 8: 'malai daaktar chahincha'. Around minute 14: a clinic-visit script — describe symptom, accept examination, take prescription, ask 'kati paisa?' (how much). Practical aside: above 4,000m on the trail this lesson is the one to have memorised.
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