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How to Say ‘I'll give you some medicine.’ in Japanese

お薬を出しますね。

o kusuri o dashi masu ne

[oh koo-SOO-ree wo DAH-shee mahs neh]

🇯🇵 In Japan: In Japan the doctor usually writes a prescription and you pick up the medicine at a pharmacy near the clinic. Some clinics hand it to you directly.

Phrase Breakdown

お薬を

o kusuri o

medicine (object)

薬 (kusuri) means 'medicine', and お makes it polite. を marks the object and is pronounced 'o'. The 'u' in 'ku' is soft.

Example

お薬を飲んでください。

Please take your medicine.

Words in this phrase

お

o

[oh]

honorific prefix

お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.

Example

チケットを二枚お願いします。

Two tickets, please.

薬

kusuri

[koo-SOO-ree]

medicine; drug

General word for medicine or medication.

Example

毎日薬を飲みます。

I take medicine every day.

を

o

[wo]

direct object marker

Marks the direct object of a verb.

Example

本を読む。

Read a book.

出しますね。

dashi masu ne

I'll give (prescribe) you

出します (dashimasu) means 'to put out' or 'to give'. Here it means 'to prescribe'. ね adds a friendly tone. Say it as 'dashimas ne'.

Example

宿題を出しますね。

I'll hand out the homework.

Words in this phrase

出し

dashi

[DAH-shee]

give out; prescribe

The verb 出す (put out); with medicine it means to prescribe or hand out.

Example

先生が薬を出しました。

The doctor prescribed medicine.

ます

masu

[mahs]

polite present/future ending

ます makes a verb polite in present or future statements.

Example

予約します。

I will make a reservation.

ね

ne

[neh]

okay?

Softens a request, seeking agreement.

Example

忘れないでね。

Don't forget, okay?

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