Pharmacy & Health

1. Mele dzo xɔm

   I have a fever

   Usage

   Use it at a pharmacy to describe your symptom

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words: the progressive le … xɔm, “am catching heat, running a fever”. Not yet checked by a native speaker.

2. Aleke mano atike sia?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asks the pharmacist how to take the medicine

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words: no atike “drink medicine”, mano is its future form. The demonstrative sia follows the noun. Not yet checked by a native speaker.

3. Taflatse, tsɔ atike si tsia mitsinyenye nu vɛ nam

   Anti-diarrhea medicine, please

   Usage

   Asks for anti-diarrhea medicine at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   "Taflatse, tsɔ … vɛ nam" is the same frame as "Taflatse, tsɔ nunono vɛ nam" in the Nightlife category. An article of Jehovah's Witnesses has "atike siwo wotsɔna tsia mitsinyenye nu" (medicines used to stop diarrhea); this makes it singular as the relative clause atike si …. Composed; not yet checked by a native speaker.

4. Taflatse, tsɔ afɔdzimademade ƒe atike vɛ nam

   A laxative, please

   Usage

   Asks for a laxative at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   The same "Taflatse, tsɔ … vɛ nam" frame as another card, joining afɔdzimademade from another card and atike (medicine) with ƒe ("of"). This particular combination has no example in the sources. Composed; not yet checked by a native speaker.

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