Healthy and unhealthy living - CCEAVocabulary – At the Doctor’s/Pharmacy

Can you talk about healthy and unhealthy lifestyles in French? Develop your understanding with listening and reading activities and have a go at a writing question about being healthy.

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Vocabulary – At the Doctor’s/Pharmacy

Here is some vocabulary to help you talk about your health to a doctor or pharmacist in France.

ça ne va pasI’m not well
les comprimes (mpl)pills
fatiguétired
la fièvrefever
la grippeflu
l’insolation (f)sunstroke
maladeill
la maladieillness
les medicaments (mpl)medicine, medication
l’ordonnance (f)prescription
la pastillelozenge
la piqûre d’insecte/de moustiqueinsect/mosquito bite
le remèdecure
le rhumecold
le sirop(cough) medicine
la touxcough
ça ne va pas
I’m not well
les comprimes (mpl)
pills
fatigué
tired
la fièvre
fever
la grippe
flu
l’insolation (f)
sunstroke
malade
ill
la maladie
illness
les medicaments (mpl)
medicine, medication
l’ordonnance (f)
prescription
la pastille
lozenge
la piqûre d’insecte/de moustique
insect/mosquito bite
le remède
cure
le rhume
cold
le sirop
(cough) medicine
la toux
cough

Below are some useful verbs to help you describe to the doctor or pharmacist how you are feeling.

avoir chaudto feel hot
avoir faimto be hungry
avoir froidto feel cold
avoir mal à...to have a sore...
avoir mal au coeurto feel sick
avoir soifto be thirsty
boireto drink
dégusterto taste
goûterto taste
prendreto take
(se) blesserto injure oneself
se drougerto take drugs
se reposerto rest
vomirto vomit
avoir chaud
to feel hot
avoir faim
to be hungry
avoir froid
to feel cold
avoir mal à...
to have a sore...
avoir mal au coeur
to feel sick
avoir soif
to be thirsty
boire
to drink
déguster
to taste
goûter
to taste
prendre
to take
(se) blesser
to injure oneself
se drouger
to take drugs
se reposer
to rest
vomir
to vomit
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