Arabic for English speakers Hospital · Lesson 4
Prescribe medicine
Egyptian Arabic для prescribing medicine — Times and before/after meals.
Conversation
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Yennifer
المفروض آخد الدوا ده كام مرة في اليوم؟
ilmafroud akhoud ildawa da kam marra fil youm
How many times a day should I take that medicine?
Tip: Yakhoud is to take
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Bolin
مرتين، كل ١٢ ساعة
Marriten kol itnashar sa3a
2 times, every 12 hours
Tip: The way the dual form works in Arabic is by adding the suffix "een" at the end of the singular noun. If the noun is feminie, we replace the "A - the teh marbouta letter" with a regular "Teh - T sound" before adding the suffix, marra = One time, it becomes Marriten = Two times
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Yennifer
قبل الأكل؟
Abl ilakl?
Before meals?
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Bolin
لا، علي معدة فاضية
La', 3ala mi3da fadia
No, on empty stomach
Tip: Mi3da = Stomach, Fadya = Empty. In Arabic the noun is followed by the adjective, which is the opposite of English