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day 46Giulia's ward

unit 8 · health

    Giulia's ward

    Talk about a hospital ward and a nurse's day, and use attached pronouns again: mandami, vieni a trovarmi, devo chiamarla.

    today’s words

    • la ferita · wound
    • ferire · to hurt, to wound
    • il reparto · ward; department
    • la clinica · clinic; private hospital
    • la sanità · health service, health care
    • l'ambulatorio · surgery, outpatient clinic
    • la terapia · therapy, treatment
    • gravemente · seriously
    • grave · serious
    • l'asma · asthma
    • il/la pediatra · paediatrician
    • il pompiere · firefighter

    sentences

    • Giulia lavora in un reparto nuovo con un pediatra molto bravo. · Giulia works in a new ward with a very good paediatrician.
    • Ieri è arrivato un pompiere con una ferita: non era grave. · Yesterday a firefighter arrived with a wound: it wasn't serious.
    • Il bambino fa una terapia: l'infermiera deve seguirlo in ambulatorio. · The child is having therapy: the nurse has to look after him in the clinic.
    • Un bambino con l'asma ha bisogno di una cura speciale. · A child with asthma needs special treatment.
    • Per fortuna nessuno si è ferito gravemente. · Luckily nobody was seriously hurt.