Common mistakes for Korean students when talking about health:
I have much stress.
>>>I have a lot of stress.
>>>I have lots of stress.
>>>I have too much stress.
>>>I have stress. A lot.
I have a stress.
>>>I have stress.
>>>____ is stressful.
>>>I am stressed (out.)
I am very painful.
>>>It is painful (to me).
>>>I am in pain.
>>>My _____ hurts.
My knee is sick.
My knees are sick.
>>>My knee hurts./My knees hurt.
>>>My knees are painful.
>>>My knees are sore.
>>>My knees ache.
>>>My knees are bothering me.
>>>My knees are bad.
I want to lose my weight.
>>>I want to lose weight.
I sometimes eat a medicine.
>>>I sometimes take medicine.
You are very thinner than before.
>>>You are much thinner than before.
I'll give you some prescription.
>>>I'll give you some prescriptions.
>>>I'll give you a prescription.
>>>I'll prescribe something for you.
I'm going to give you a prescription some pills.
>>>...for some pills.
I am some nervous.
>>>I am a little bit nervous.
>>>I'm nervous.
>>>I'm a little nervous.
>>>I'm so nervous.
>>>I'm somewhat nervous.
>>>I am nervous because of ____.
You should take a medicine.
>>>take medicine.
>>>take some medicine.
>>>take some medication.
I'm just doctor.
>>>I'm just a doctor.
I need to lose my weight.
>>>I need to lose weight.
I have to recover it.
>>>I have to recover.
>>>I have to recover from it.
>>>I have to recover on my own/by myself.
I have to recover from it until tomorrow.
>>>by tomorrow.
>>>I have until tomorrow to recover from it.
Some (random but useful) sentences about health:
I got a shot.
The nurse injected me with ___.
I got a flu shot last week.
I don't want to get the flu.
I wear a patch.
I am sick.
I have a cold.
My ear hurts.
I have an earache.
I am ill.
He has arthritis.
His knees are always sore.
I cured him.
I injected him.
(I am a doctor)
You had better agree with me, or I will have your head cut off.
Have you ever taken an operation?
Have you ever had an operation?
Barry cut his head and got 4 stitches. He has a scar now.
In the French Revolution they cut off people's heads.
He was on an IV for a day.
Curly's dad had an operation last year.
(He had surgery)
They put a metal valve and a pacemaker into his heart.
I have a stomach.
I have a stomachache.
Useful Health vocab:
antibiotics
sinus (sinuses)
hay fever
pollen
infection
athlete's foot
diarrhea
constipation
rash
the chills
insomnia
contagious
infectious
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