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Level 69 - Medical Problems
An illness is une maladie. Revise Level 68 for a list of parts of the body . When talking about medical problems we can use either the present tense to describe what is wrong with you or the perfect tense to describe what is wrong. If you go to see a doctor (un/une médécin or un/une docteur) he or she may ask you qu'est-ce qu'il y a which means 'what is wrong' (literally 'what is there?').
MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PRESENT TENSE
j’ai de la fièvre
j'ai la diarrhée
j’ai la grippe
j’ai la migraine
j’ai le mal de mer
j’ai le mal de l’air
j’ai très chaud
j’ai très froid
j’ai un coup de soleil
j’ai un rhume
j’ai une crise cardiaque
j’ai une insolation
j’ai une toux
je me sens malade
je me sens très fatigué / fatiguée
je suis enrhumé / enrhumée
je suis constipé / constipée
MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PERFECT TENSE*
je me suis brûlé le doigt
je me suis cassé le bras
je me suis coupé le pouce
je me suis foulé la cheville
je me suis tordu le genou
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I have a fever / temperature
I have diarrhoea
I have the ‘flu
I have a migraine
I am feeling seasick
I am feeling airsick
I’m very hot
I’m very cold
I have sunstroke (1)
I have a cold (1)
I’m having a heart attack
I have sunstroke (2)
I have a cough
I feel ill
I’m feeling very tired
I have a cold (2)
I’m constipated
I’ve burnt my finger
I’ve broken my arm
I’ve cut my thumb
I’ve sprained my ankle
I’ve twisted my knee |
* Examples are given with parts of the body - any part of the body can be used in phrases like these
Avoir mal à
The simplest way to explain what is wrong is to use the phrase avoir mal à which means ‘to have pain at’. After à you can then insert any part of the body which hurts. If it is masculine you say j’ai mal au then the body part and if it is feminine you say j’ai mal à la then the body part. If the word begins with a vowel it is j’ai mal à l’ and if the word is plural you say j’ai mal aux. Here are some examples:
j'ai mal au genou
j'ai mal à la tête
j'ai mal à l'épaule
j'ai mal aux jambes
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my knee hurts
my head hurts (I have a headache)
my shoulder hurts
my legs hurt |
Treatments
le bandage
le comprimé
le médicament
le pansement
le sirop
le sparadrap
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bandage
tablet
medicine (1)
dressing
syrup
sticking plaster |
l'aspirine
la crème
la médecine
l'ordonnance
la pastille
la pilule
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aspirin
cream
medicine (2)
written prescription
pastille / lozenge
pill |
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