Chez le médecin · 1 of 1Week of 13 – 19 Sept
Saying where it hurts
The doctor has you sit on the exam table and asks you to show where it hurts and since when.
These ten words help you describe pain to a doctor: douleur, épaule and cheville, for example, all appear here. Each one comes with its pronunciation and a sentence you can say out loud.
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- 1douleurpain/dulœʁ/nounAn unpleasant sensation in the body when something is wrong.The final r is pronounced, and the ending sounds like in 'peur.'
- 2malpain/mal/nounWhat you feel when a part of the body hurts.
- 3ventrebelly/vɑ̃tʁ/nounThe part of the body between the chest and the legs, where the stomach is.'en' is a nasal vowel: you don't hear the n.
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The sentences
- 1
La douleur est forte quand je bouge le bras.
The pain is sharp when I move my arm.
- 2
Ça me fait mal ici, sous les côtes.
It hurts here, under my ribs.
- 3
Ça tire dans le ventre quand je me lève.
I feel a pulling in my belly when I stand up.
The same situation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German.