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At the Pharmacy

Essential Korean phrases for describing your symptoms and buying medicine at a local pharmacy.

Key Phrases

Saying your head hurts · 2 ways to say it

머리 아파.

casual

meori apa.

My head hurts.

Use only with close friends or family.

머리가 아파요.

neutral

meoriga apayo.

My head hurts.

The standard polite form to use with a pharmacist or doctor.

Saying your stomach hurts

배가 너무 아파요.

neutral

baega neomu apayo.

My stomach hurts a lot.

Saying you caught a cold

감기에 걸렸어요.

neutral

gamgie geollyeosseoyo.

I caught a cold.

Asking for painkillers

진통제 있어요?

neutral

jintongje isseoyo?

Do you have painkillers?

A natural way to ask if an item is in stock.

Asking for cold medicine

감기약 주세요.

neutral

gamgiyak juseyo.

Please give me cold medicine.

A polite and direct way to request something.

Giving a prescription · 2 ways to say it

처방전 있어요.

neutral

cheobangjeon isseoyo.

I have a prescription.

처방전 여기 있습니다.

polite

cheobangjeon yeogi itseumnida.

Here is the prescription.

A more formal phrase that works well with service staff.

Asking how to take medicine

이거 어떻게 먹어요?

neutral

igeo eotteoke meogeoyo?

How do I take this?

Asking about frequency

하루에 몇 번 먹어요?

neutral

harue myeot beon meogeoyo?

How many times a day do I take it?

Practice Dialogue

Pharmacist
어서 오세요. 처방전 있어요?
eoseo oseyo. cheobangjeon isseoyo?
Traveler
아니요, 없어요. 감기약 사고 싶어요.
aniyo, eopseoyo. gamgiyak sago sipeoyo.
Pharmacist
열도 있어요?
yeoldo isseoyo?
Traveler
네, 열이 있고 머리가 아파요.
ne, yeori itgo meoriga apayo.
Pharmacist
그럼 이 약을 하루에 세 번 먹어요.
geureom i yageul harue se beon meogeoyo.
Traveler
밥 먹고 먹어요?
bap meokgo meogeoyo?
Pharmacist
네, 맞아요. 삼천 원입니다.
ne, majayo. samcheon wonimnida.
Traveler
여기 있어요. 감사합니다.
yeogi isseoyo. gamsahamnida.

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