Health Phrases
Health in Somali
16 English to Somali health phrases with pronunciation and usage notes.
Health phrase list
16 phrasesEnglish
Blood pressure
Somali
Dhiig kar
/dheeg kar/
Referring to blood pressure
English
Call an ambulance
Somali
Ambalaas soo wac
/am-bah-lahs soh wah/
Emergency request for ambulance
English
Do you feel pain?
Somali
Ma xanuun baa ku haya?
/mah ha-noon bah koo hah-yah/
Asking about pain during medical checkup
English
Do you have medicine?
Somali
Ma haysaa daawo?
/mah hay-sah dah-woh/
Asking about medicine
English
Emergency
Somali
Deg deg
/deg deg/
Urgent expression for emergencies
English
How many times per day?
Somali
Immisa jeer maalintii?
/im-mee-sah jayr mah-leen-tee/
Asking about medicine frequency
English
I am pregnant
Somali
Waan uur leeyahay
/waan oor lay-yah-hay/
Stating pregnancy
English
I feel better now
Somali
Hadda waan fiicanahay
/had-dah waan fee-ah-nah-hay/
Expressing improvement
English
I feel sick
Somali
Waan xanuunsanahay
/waan ha-noon-sah-nah-hay/
Expressing illness
English
I have a headache
Somali
Madax baa i xanuunayaa
/mah-dah bah ee ha-noon-nah-yah/
Describing headache
English
I have allergies
Somali
Waxaan qabaa xasaasiyad
/wah-haan kah-bah hah-sah-see-yad/
Stating allergy condition
English
I need a doctor
Somali
Waxaan u baahanahay dhakhtar
/wah-haan oo bah-hah-nah-hay dhakh-tar/
Stating medical need
English
I need a prescription
Somali
Waxaan u baahanahay warqad dhakhtar
/wah-haan oo bah-hah-nah-hay war-kad dhakh-tar/
Requesting prescription
English
It hurts here
Somali
Halkan ayay i xanuunaysaa
/hal-khan ah-yay ee ha-noon-ay-sah/
Pointing out pain location
English
Take this medicine
Somali
Daawo qaado
/dah-woh kah-doh/
Instructing to take medicine
English
Where is the hospital?
Somali
Aaway isbitaalka?
/ah-way ees-bee-tal-kah/
Asking for hospital location
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