Lesson 21 / 24
Health and the body
Say what hurts, ask for a doctor, and use mal- with sano.
Where does it hurt? is Kie doloras? My head hurts is Mia kapo doloras or Mi havas kapdoloron. A doctor is kuracisto (one who treats). Pharmacy is apoteko. Medicine is medikamento. fever is febro, cough is tuso. I feel ill is Mi estas malsana. Get well is Resaniĝu! The hospital, as you built in lesson 12, is malsanulejo.
A quiet fever
Read the story. Click a word to see what it means.
Lina havas . Ŝia doloras, .
Tomaso diras: “Iru . malsanulejo.”
afabla. donas diras: “Resaniĝu!”
Post du tagoj resaniĝas. venas kurso.
Read this aloud
- Kie doloras? Where does it hurt?
- Mia kapo doloras, kaj mi havas febron. My head hurts, and I have a fever.
- Vi iru al la kuracisto. Jen la apoteko. You should go to the doctor. Here is the pharmacy.
- Dankon. Mi esperas, ke mi baldaŭ resaniĝos. Thank you. I hope that I will get well soon.
doloron is a thing you can “have”
Mi havas kapdoloron uses -n because the pain is the object of havi. Mia kapo doloras uses the body part as subject. Both are correct; learners often start with havi + -doloron.
Words in this lesson
Practice
Write the Esperanto sentence. Enter checks your answer.
My head hurts.
Subject + dolori in -as.
I have a fever.
havi + object -n.
Go to the doctor.
Command iru + al.
I am ill.
mal- + sana.
Where does it hurt?
Kie + dolori.
I have a cough.
havi + -n.
Build the word
Type the Esperanto word.
doctor
kurac- + -isto.
to get well again
re- + san- + -iĝi.
ill
mal- + sana.
pharmacy
International root.
Complete the sentences
Fill the missing piece.
Mia kapo dolor____.
Present.
Mi havas febr____.
Object of havi.
Iru al la kurac____.
-isto.
Mi estas mal____.
mal- + sana.