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INTRODUCTION
Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go.
Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
Once you are in the pharmacy you will need to explain how you feel in order to let the pharmacist give you the right medicines. In today’s lesson, we’ll work on explaining symptoms so you can get the proper treatment and any medicine you may need.

Lesson focus
Let’s try to make a list of all the possible things you might need.
In Italian, “cold medicine” is medicina per il raffreddore.
medicina per il raffreddore.
Let’s break it down by syllable: medicina per il raffreddore.
Now let's hear it again: medicina per il raffreddore.
“A cold medicine please” in Italian is una medicina per il raffreddore per favore.
una medicina per il raffreddore per favore.
Let’s break it down by syllable: una medicina per il raffreddore per favore.
Now let's hear it again: una medicina per il raffreddore per favore.
The first word una means “a”, the indefinite article for feminine nouns, then you have medicina, which means “medicine”
Medicina
Medicina
This is followed by per, the preposition “for."
let's hear it once again: per
And finally il, “the,” the definite article for masculine nouns, and raffreddore “cold."
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: raffreddore
raffreddore
Lastly, per favore “please."
All together, we have: una medicina per il raffreddore per favore, which literally means “a medicine for the cold please."
Let’s try and see how to explain your symptoms.
In Italian, “I have a headache” is ho mal di testa.
ho mal di testa.
Let’s break it down by syllable: ho mal di testa.
Now let's hear it once again: ho mal di testa.
The first word “ho” means “I have."
This is followed by mal, which is the abbreviation of male, and in English can be translated as “pain."
Mal
Mal
Then we have di, “of."
Di
So to recap here, we have ho mal di, literally, this means “I have pain of."
Let's take a look at the last word, testa, which means “head."
Testa
testa
So all together, we have: ho mal di testa. Literally, this means “I have pain of head” and in this case is translated as “I have a headache."
Normally, the structure ho mal di is used to name various symptoms, so for example “I have a stomachache” in Italian is ho mal di stomaco.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: ho mal di stomaco.
ho mal di stomaco.
So as you can see the only thing that changes is the word stomaco “stomach”, in place of testa “head."
Let's break down this word: stomaco.
And now, let’s hear the entire sentence again: ho mal di stomaco.

Outro
Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian.
"I have a headache." - Ho mal di testa
Ho mal di testa
Ho mal di testa
"I have a stomach ache." - Ho mal di stomaco.
Ho mal di stomaco.
Ho mal di stomaco.
"A medicine for a cold please." - Una medicina per il raffreddore perfavore.
Una medicina per il raffreddore perfavore.
Una medicina per il raffreddore perfavore.
That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao!

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