Telling doctor stomach hurts: Understanding your treatment and how to take your medicine
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Key Phrases
Mi fa male lo stomaco.
My stomach hurts.
Una compressa al giorno, prima di colazione.
One tablet a day, before breakfast.
Torni da me tra due settimane.
Come back to see me in two weeks.
Skills You'll Learn
Describing a symptom or physical pain to the doctor
Descrivere un sintomo o dolore fisico dal dottore
Understanding and following instructions on how to take medicine
Capire e seguire le istruzioni su come prendere una medicina
Asking follow-up questions and saying goodbye at the end of a medical visit
Fare domande di controllo e salutare alla fine di una visita medica
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a doctor's office in Italy. Your stomach hurts, and you want to find out what's wrong and how to take your medicine.
Buongiorno, dottore. Mi fa male lo stomaco.
Good morning, doctor. My stomach hurts.
Buongiorno. È una piccola gastrite. Le do una medicina.
Good morning. It's a mild gastritis. I'll give you some medicine.
Va bene. Come devo prenderla?
Okay. How should I take it?
Una compressa al giorno, prima di colazione.
One tablet a day, before breakfast.
Per quanti giorni?
For how many days?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Dottore
doht-TOH-reh
Doctor
💬 When you speak to a doctor directly, use dottore alone, with no name. If you add a surname it shortens: dottor Rossi. A female doctor is dottoressa.
🇮🇹 In Italy dottore is also used for any university graduate, so you may hear it addressed to lawyers or office staff too.
See breakdown →Mi fa male
mee fah MAH-leh
It hurts
💬 Italian says the body part "makes pain to me": mi "to me" shows whose pain it is. Swap in another body part: mi fa male la testa "my head hurts".
See breakdown →Lo stomaco
loh STOH-mah-koh
My stomach
💬 Italian uses lo "the" here, not "my", because mi earlier in the sentence already shows it's your stomach. Before s + another consonant, "the" is lo, not il: lo stomaco, lo specchio "the mirror".
See breakdown →Mi fa male lo stomaco.
mee fah MAH-leh loh STOH-mah-koh
My stomach hurts.
💬 For several aching parts, the verb changes too: mi fanno male i piedi "my feet hurt".
See breakdown →Una piccola gastrite
OO-nah PEEK-koh-lah gah-STREE-teh
A mild gastritis
È una piccola gastrite.
eh OO-nah PEEK-koh-lah gah-STREE-teh
It's a mild gastritis.
🇮🇹 Italians often blame stomach trouble on stress or eating habits, so expect the doctor to ask about diet and coffee.
See breakdown →Una medicina
OO-nah meh-dee-CHEE-nah
A medicine
Le do una medicina.
leh doh OO-nah meh-dee-CHEE-nah
I'll give you some medicine.
💬 Le here means "to you", the polite form. It's the same as le "to her", so context tells you which. Present tense often covers the near future: do "I give" works as "I'll give".
See breakdown →Va bene.
vah BEH-neh
Okay.
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