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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 119! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know. We've learned so much together. Today, we're talking about something really practical — going to the hospital. Luna: Oh, that's important. I hope I never need it, but good to know. Lucas: Exactly. If you find this useful, and you want to keep learning ad-free, consider supporting us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it really helps us keep making these episodes. So let's start with the word for hospital. Lucas: Hospital in Amharic is ሆስፒታል. Say it with me: ሆስፒታል. Luna: ሆስፒታል. That one's easy — sounds like the English. Lucas: Right. Now, the person who goes to the hospital is a patient. That's ህመምተኛ. Luna: ህመምተኛ. So that's like 'sick person'? Lucas: Exactly. ህመም means sickness, so ህመምተኛ is someone with sickness. And the doctor is ዶክተር. Luna: ዶክተር. Also sounds like English! Amharic borrowed it. Lucas: Yes. Now, if you need to say 'I feel sick', you say ህመም ይሰማኛል. Luna: ህመም ይሰማኛል. That's a mouthful. Can you break it down? Lucas: Sure. ህመም is sickness, ይሰማኛል means 'I feel'. So literally 'sickness feels me'. Luna: Oh, that makes sense. ህመም ይሰማኛል. Lucas: Good. Now, if you're looking for the doctor, you ask: ዶክተር የት ነው? Luna: ዶክተር የት ነው? — Where is the doctor? I remember የት ነው from a previous episode. Lucas: Perfect. And if you need to go to the hospital, say ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. Luna: ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. I'm going to the hospital. Good to know. Lucas: Let's practice a little scene. You feel sick. What do you say? Luna: ህመም ይሰማኛል. Lucas: Then you go to the hospital. ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. Luna: ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. And at the hospital, you ask for the doctor. Lucas: ዶክተር የት ነው? Luna: ዶክተር የት ነው? Got it. Let me try the whole thing: ህመም ይሰማኛል. ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. ዶክተር የት ነው? Lucas: Wow, that was excellent. You sounded like a native speaker. Luna: Really? Thanks. Practice makes perfect. Lucas: Alright, let's review today's phrases one more time. Hospital — ሆስፒታል. Luna: ሆስፒታል. Lucas: Patient — ህመምተኛ. Luna: ህመምተኛ. Lucas: Doctor — ዶክተር. Luna: ዶክተር. Lucas: I feel sick — ህመም ይሰማኛል. Luna: ህመም ይሰማኛል. Lucas: Where is the doctor? — ዶክተር የት ነው? Luna: ዶክተር የት ነው? Lucas: I'm going to the hospital — ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. Luna: ወደ ሆስፒታል እሄዳለሁ. Lucas: Great job, Luna. Keep practicing these, and next time we'll learn more useful phrases. Until then, this is Learn Amharic with Fexingo. Luna: See you next time!