Pharmacy & Health

1. Lebenkele la melemo le kae?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Looking for a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   No verified word for "pharmacy", so lebenkele la melemo "shop of medicines" is used. melemo is the plural of molemo "medicine" (179 times on tn.wikipedia). lebenkele is class 5. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

2. Ke batla molemo wa tlhogo

   I need medicine for a headache

   Usage

   Buying medicine for a headache

   Grammar Note

   tn.wikipedia has molemo wa ... "medicine for ...". molemo is class 3, so it takes wa. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

3. Ke batla molemo wa mpa

   I need medicine for my stomach

   Usage

   Buying stomach medicine

   Grammar Note

   mpa is "belly, stomach" in the dictionary. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

4. Ke batla molemo wa letshololo

   I need medicine for diarrhoea

   Usage

   When you have diarrhoea

   Grammar Note

   letshololo is listed as diarrhoea in the dictionary; tn.wikipedia has kalafi ya letshololo "treatment of diarrhoea". A vulgar synonym was deliberately avoided. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

5. Ke batla molemo wa botlhoko

   I need a painkiller

   Usage

   Buying a painkiller

   Grammar Note

   botlhoko is "pain, illness, bitterness" in the dictionary. No verified word for "painkiller", so molemo wa botlhoko "medicine for pain" is used. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

6. Ke na le mogote o o kwa godimo

   I have a high fever

   Usage

   Telling a pharmacist or doctor about a fever

   Grammar Note

   mogote is "fever, heat" in the dictionary. tn.wikipedia has mogote o o kwa godimo "high temperature". Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

7. Molemo o, ke o nwa jang?

   How do I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asking how to take a medicine

   Grammar Note

   The topic molemo comes first and the object concord o stands before the verb (ke o nwa). nwa "drink" is used for medicine too. Composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review recommended.

8. Dipilisi

   Tablets / pills

   Usage

   Naming tablets

   Grammar Note

   The plural of pilisi, a loan from English "pill" (marked [for] in the dictionary); tn.wikipedia has dipilisi tsa ... .

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