Pharmacy & Health

1. Nazali koluka nkisi

   I am looking for medicine

   Usage

   At a pharmacy or shop; nkisi is medicine (it can also mean a charm).

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Nkisi is medicine or charm in the dictionary; here it is medicine.

2. Nasengeli na nkisi ya pasi

   I need painkillers

   Usage

   To ask for something against pain.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Nasengeli na X means I need X; the corpus has nasengeli na moto moko.

3. Nasengeli na nkisi ya libumu

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   For stomach trouble; libumu is belly.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Libumu is belly.

4. Nasengeli komela nkisi oyo boni?

   How should I take this medicine?

   Usage

   Asks how to take medicine; komela is to drink.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. A corpus sentence has esengeli omela nkisi (you need to take these pills); boni? goes last.

5. Pesa ngai nkisi ya pulupulu, nabondeli yo

   Anti-diarrhea medicine, please

   Usage

   To ask for anti-diarrhea medicine at a pharmacy; nkisi ya pulupulu is medicine for diarrhea.

   Grammar Note

   The same way of asking as Pesa ngai numero ya telefone na yo, nabondeli yo (give me your phone number), and the same nkisi ya + symptom pattern as nkisi ya pasi (painkiller). Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar.

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