Practice a Catalão Doctor's Appointment
Visiting the doctor in Catalão is high-stakes and high-value: getting your symptoms across precisely matters, and the medical vocabulary is mostly Latin-based across European languages. This scenario rehearses a general practitioner's appointment from check-in to prescription: describing symptoms with body parts and intensity, mentioning allergies and existing conditions, understanding the doctor's explanation, and reading a prescription. You'll practise the formal register doctors use, plus the verbs for pain, duration, and frequency. By the end, you'll handle a routine Catalão-speaking appointment without needing a translator.
Sample Catalão conversation
Hola! Si us plau, entreu i seieu. Què us porta avui?
Hello! Please come in and take a seat. What brings you in today?No em trobo bé des de fa uns dies.
I haven't been feeling well for a few days.Ho sento molt. Em podeu descriure els símptomes? Teniu dolor?
I'm sorry to hear that. Can you describe your symptoms? Do you have any pain?Tinc febre, dolor muscular i em sento esgotat.
I have a fever, body aches, and I feel exhausted.Deixeu-me prendre-us la temperatura... 38,5 graus. Des de quan teniu febre?
Let me take your temperature... 38.5 degrees. How long have you had the fever?Des de fa dos dies. Empitjora a la nit.
About two days. It gets worse at night.
O que vais aprender
- Check in at a Catalão-speaking clinic
- Describe symptoms with body parts, duration, and intensity
- Mention allergies, medications, and chronic conditions
- Understand basic diagnosis and treatment instructions
- Read a Catalão prescription and ask follow-up questions
Perguntas frequentes
How do I describe pain levels in Catalão?
Use the Catalão equivalent of 'mild, moderate, severe', plus 'sharp', 'dull', 'stabbing'. The vocabulary list covers this nuanced spectrum.
Will my Catalão-speaking doctor speak English?
Often yes in big cities, often no in smaller towns. Even when they do, knowing the basic Catalão medical vocabulary helps you describe symptoms more accurately.
How do I ask about side effects of medication in Catalão?
There's a specific construction — 'What are the side effects?' — that the scenario teaches. Pharmacists often answer this more thoroughly than doctors.
What's the Catalão for 'I'm allergic to penicillin'?
A critical sentence to memorise. We include it verbatim in the vocabulary list and rehearse it in the scenario.