At the Doctor’s Office

Conversation in French:

  • Docteur : Bonjour, comment vous sentez-vous aujourd’hui ?
  • Paul : Bonjour, je me sens un peu malade.
  • Docteur : Quels sont vos symptômes ?
  • Paul : J’ai mal à la tête et je tousse beaucoup.
  • Docteur : D’accord, je vais vous examiner.
  • Paul : Merci, docteur.

English Translation:

  • Doctor: Hello, how are you feeling today?
  • Paul: Hello, I feel a bit sick.
  • Doctor: What are your symptoms?
  • Paul: I have a headache and I cough a lot.
  • Doctor: Okay, I will examine you.
  • Paul: Thank you, doctor.

Vocabulary Explanation:

  • Comment vous sentez-vous ?: How are you feeling?
    • Vous sentez: Formal form of se sentir (to feel).
    • Used to inquire about someone’s health or well-being.
  • Malade: Sick.
    • Adjective used to describe feeling unwell.
    • No distinction in gender/plural.
  • Symptômes: Symptoms.
    • Masculine plural noun.
    • Singular form: un symptôme.
  • J’ai mal à la tête: I have a headache.
    • Mal: Means “pain” or “ache.”
    • Tête: Feminine noun meaning “head.”
  • Je tousse: I cough.
    • Tousser: Verb meaning “to cough.”
    • Je: First person singular pronoun.
  • Beaucoup: A lot.
    • Adverb used to indicate frequency or intensity.
  • Examiner: To examine.
    • Verb used for medical check-ups or assessments.

Grammar Explanation:

  • “Comment vous sentez-vous aujourd’hui ?” (How are you feeling today?):
    • Comment: Interrogative word meaning “how.”
    • Vous sentez-vous: Formal inversion of vous vous sentez (you feel), from the reflexive verb se sentir (to feel).
  • “Je me sens un peu malade” (I feel a bit sick):
    • Je me sens: First person singular of se sentir (to feel).
    • Un peu: Means “a bit” or “a little.”
    • Malade: Adjective meaning “sick.”
  • “Quels sont vos symptômes ?” (What are your symptoms?):
    • Quels sont: Formal way to ask “what are.”
    • Vos: Formal possessive adjective for “your.”
  • “J’ai mal à la tête” (I have a headache):
    • J’ai mal: Expression meaning “I have pain.”
    • À la tête: Means “in the head,” using à for location and tête (head).
  • “Je vais vous examiner” (I will examine you):
    • Je vais: Future construction with aller (to go), meaning “I will.”
    • Vous examiner: Infinitive verb examiner with formal vous (you).
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