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Sunday, May 06, 2007

Emergencies

Some of the places you might need to know in Greek in case of emergencies are below:
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HospitalνοσοκομείοΝΟΣΟΚΟΜΕΙΟ
ChemistφαρμακείοΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΙΟ
PoliceαστυνομίαΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑ
BankτράπεζαΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ
Doctor (place)ιατρείοΙΑΤΡΕΙΟ
DentistοδοντογιατρείοΟΔΟΝΤΟΓΙΑΤΡΕΙΟ
Library*βιβλιοθήκηΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ
Where is …?που έιναι ...;ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ...;
And last there is the question to ask where those places are, so "where is te doctors?" is:
που έιναι to ιατρείο;/ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΙΑΤΡΕΙΟ;
And then, once you are at the doctors you will need to be able to explain what's wrong. The easiest way is to tell the doctor what hurts or where the pain is by using the verb "to hurt" - πονάω/ΠΟΝΑΩ for which the third person "it hurts" is πονάει/ΠΟΝΑΕΙ. So if you had a headache you could say:
πονάει το κεφάλι μου/ΠΟΝΑΕΙ ΤΟ ΚΕΦΑΛΙ ΜΟΥ (lit. I have a pain in my head)
So here are some places it might hurt (I've added "ankle" as it was mentioned in class):
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handχέριΧΕΡΙ
footπόδιΠΟΔΙ
headκεφάλιΚΕΦΑΛΙ
toothδόντιΔΟΝΤΙ
earαυτίΑΥΤΙ
stomachστομάχιΣΤΟΜΑΧΙ
bellyκοίλιαΚΟΙΛΙΑ
eyeμάτιΜΑΤΙ
ankleαστράγαλοςΑΣΤΡΑΓΑΛΟΣ
And a few other words that may be useful while at the doctors would be:
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food poisoningτροφικη δηλητηριασηΤΡΟΦΙΚΗ ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΑΣΗ
I have sunburnεχω έγκαυμα ηλίουΕΧΩ ΕΓΚΑΥΜΑ ΗΛΙΟΥ
diagnosisδιάγνωσηΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΗ
asperinασπιρίνηΑΣΠΙΡΙΝΗ
paracetamolπαρασεταμόλΠΑΡΑΣΕΤΑΜΟΛ
diarheaδιάροιαΔΙΑΡΟΙΑ
medicineφάρμακωΦΑΡΜΑΚΩ
get well soon!περαστικάΠΕΡΑΣΤΙΚΑ
doctor (person)γιατρόςΓΙΑΤΡΟΣ
I'm allergic to ...είμαι αλλεργικός για ...ΕΙΜΑΙ ΑΛΛΕΡΓΙΚΟΣ
I have a temperatureέχω πυρετόΕΧΩ ΠΥΡΕΤΟ
*why library is in the list of emergency places I will leave you all to fathom, but it was put on the board in class so I've kept it in the topic!

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