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Eczanede

Mehmet has a headache and a temperature and goes to the chemist’s.

A text with parts of the body and the possessive ending: başı “his head”, başım “my head”. Where English says “I have a headache”, Turkish says “my head aches”. And with the sentence you say to anyone who is ill: Geçmiş olsun!

Mehmet bugün hasta. Başı ağrıyor ve ateşi var.

Mehmet eczaneye gidiyor. Eczane evin yakınında.

Eczanede genç bir kadın var. Kadın soruyor: “Geçmiş olsun! Ne istiyorsunuz?” Mehmet: “Başım ağrıyor. Bir ilaç istiyorum.”

Kadın bir ilaç veriyor: “Sabah bir, akşam bir. Yemekten sonra.”

Mehmet para ödüyor ve eve dönüyor. Evde çay içiyor ve uyuyor.

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Turkish at the office, the bank and the doctor’s

Words: 52
Sentences: 13
Words per sentence: 4.0
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

Başı ağrıyor · Başım ağrıyor · ateşi var
The possessive ending on a part of the body: başı “his head”, başım “my head”, ateşi “his temperature”. My, your, his as an ending →
eczaneye gidiyor · eve dönüyor
The goal in -e/-a, English “to”: eczaneye gidiyor, eve dönüyor. The dative: where to and to whom →
Geçmiş olsun
Geçmiş olsun! — “may it be over”: the wish for anyone who is ill. Everyday set phrases →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 25 of the 37 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

akşam
evening; in the evening
A1
ateş
temperature, fever; fire
A1
ağrımak
to ache, to hurt
A1
baş
head
A1
bugün
today
A1
dönmek
to return, to come back; to turn
A1
eczane
chemist’s, pharmacy
A1
ev
house, flat, home
A1
genç
young
A1
geçmiş
the past
A1
gitmek
to go
A1
hasta
ill, sick; patient
A1
ilaç
medicine
A1
istemek
to want, would like
A1
içmek
to drink
A1
kadın
woman
A1
olmak
to become; to be; to happen
A1
para
money
A1
sabah
morning; in the morning
A1
sormak
to ask
A1
uyumak
to sleep
A1
vermek
to give
A1
yemek
to eat
A1
çay
tea
A1
ödemek
to pay
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 10 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Verb forms 11 Body and health 4 Numbers and time 3 Abstract words 1 Words for every day 1 Food and drink 1 The most frequent adjectives 1 Family and people 1 Town and finding the way 1 Home and household 1

The verbs on this page, in every form: istemek · ağrımak · gitmek · içmek · dönmek · uyumak · ödemek · sormak

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Mehmet'in nesi var?

2. Eczane nerede?

3. Mehmet ilacı ne zaman alıyor?