At the farmacy
В аптеката
- Discussing symptoms with your doctor.
- Asking for a medicine at the farmacy.
Explore essential Bulgarian vocabulary for visiting a pharmacy, including words like "лекарство" (medicine), "рецепта" (prescription), and "аптека" (pharmacy), to confidently handle health-related situations.
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Lesson Overview: At the Pharmacy (В аптеката)
This B1-level lesson focuses on essential vocabulary and expressions used in Bulgarian when visiting a pharmacy. It guides learners through common situations such as asking for medicines, describing symptoms, and understanding pharmacist advice.
Key Vocabulary and Phrases
- аптека – pharmacy
- лекарство – medicine
- рецепта – prescription
- симптоми – symptoms
- имам главоболие – I have a headache
- моля, имате ли болкоуспокояващи? – Do you have painkillers, please?
- колко струва? – How much does it cost?
Lesson Content Highlights
The lesson explains how to communicate effectively in a pharmacy setting, including how to explain ailments such as cold, fever, or allergies. It also covers polite ways to ask for advice or recommendations and how to understand instructions related to medicine dosage and usage.
Grammar and Usage Notes
Bulgarian uses the definite article as a suffix (e.g., лекарството – the medicine), which is different from English where articles precede nouns. Question formation often involves intonation and question words that may differ in placement.
Differences Between English and Bulgarian in a Pharmacy Context
In Bulgarian, gender and number agreement are very important, especially with adjectives describing symptoms or medicine types. For example, болен for a male patient means 'sick,' and болна for a female. Also, Bulgarian verbs often include personal endings that indicate the subject, which can sometimes allow omitting the pronoun.
Useful Bulgarian Phrases for Pharmacy Visits
- Може ли да ми препоръчате нещо за кашлица? (Can you recommend something for a cough?)
- Как се приема това лекарство? (How is this medicine taken?)
- Имате ли нещо без рецепта? (Do you have anything without a prescription?)
- От колко време имате тези симптоми? (How long have you had these symptoms?)
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