Pharmacy & Health

1. Ndefwaya umuti.

   I need medicine.

   Usage

   The basic sentence for asking for medicine

   Grammar Note

   Umuti means "medicine" and also "tree"; context tells them apart. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Ndefwaya umuti uwa kucefyako ubukali.

   I need a painkiller.

   Usage

   Ask for a painkiller for a headache or other pain

   Grammar Note

   "Umuti uwa kucefyako ubukali" is "medicine for easing pain"; ukucefyako means "to reduce". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Nweni umuti imiku itatu pa bushiku.

   Take this medicine three times a day.

   Usage

   For explaining how to take a medicine; you will often hear it when you receive one

   Grammar Note

   Ukunwa means "to drink" and is used for medicine too. The -eni makes a polite command, and imiku means "times". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Umuti

   Medicine

   Usage

   The word for medicine; it also means "tree", so use it where the topic is clearly medicine

   Grammar Note

   A noun starting with umu- (class 3); the plural is imiti. Medicine and tree share the same form, umuti

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