08.10.15 Chapter 7: 症状を伝える, Conveying your Symptoms (to a Doctor)

GRAMMAR POINT 1: A more polite way to ask someone (like a customer) to do something is to use the form:

お動詞(masu stem)下さい
O V(-masu stem) kudasai
Eg: 順番が来たら、お呼びしますから、そちらでお待ち下さい。
Junban ga kitara, Oyobi shimasu kara, sochira de, Omachi kudasai.
When your turn/number comes, your name will be called, so please wait over there.

Other examples that we've seen in the text:
お入り下さい / OHairi Kudasai / Please come in.
~お止め下さい / ~OYame Kudasai / Please do not~
お出し下さい / ODashi Kudasai / Please take out or Please show

See page 99, #1 for review.

GRAMMAR POINT 2: There are various uses of the verb SURU, in this chapter we see Time Passing in Jikan Suru.

4, 5 日しても治らない場合は、また来てください。
4, 5 nichi shite mo naoranai baai ha, mata kite kudasai.
If it does not improve/get better in 4 or 5 days, please come back.

Formation:

時間+する /　Unit of Time + SURU

Eg: 1) 4, 5 日して
2) 8, 9 分すると、リーさんが来た。　
After 8 or 8 minutes, Lee-san arrived.

Alternate Formation with "mo" and "gurai" to indicate approximate time, stick "mo" or "gurai" between the unit of time and SURU conjugation.

時間+も/ぐらい+する 　
Unit of Time + mo/gurai +SURU

Other examples done verbally in class of use of "SURU" verb:
ネクタイをする / ネクタイを締める / Necktie wo shimeru / To fasten or do a Necktie
ハンバーグにする / ハンバーグに決める　/ To decide to order or to do a Hamburger
変な味がする　/ Hen na aji ga suru / To do a strange taste
臭いがする / Nioi ga suru / To do a strange smell

See page 100, #5 for review practise. See also page 101, #7 and #8 for more practise.

GRAMMAR POINT 3: To show that an action is done a number of times EACH TIME, you use ZUTSU. In this chapter where you take medicine, ZUTSU is used to show that you repeat the action on a regular basis.

FORMATION:

~ずつ~ / # Each #

この薬は食後に１カプセルずつ飲んで下さい。
Kono gusuri ha, shokugo ni ichi capuseru zutsu nonde kudasai.
As for this medicine, after ever meal, please take/drink one capsule.

Example on Page 104 Prescription example:

青い錠剤は毎食後１じょうずつ、白いカプセルは毎食前２カプセルずつ飲んで下さい。
Aoi jouzai ha, maishokugo ichi jou zutsu, shiroi capsule ha, mai shokuzen, ni capsule zutsu nonde kudasai.

Please take/drink one blue tablet after every meal and two white capsules before every meal.

Formation II: This zutsu can also be used to apply to the same amount or quantity being allocated to several people or objects.

e.g. 一人千円ずつ集めます。　Hitori sen en zutsu atsumemasu. (I) will collect 1000 yen from each person.

See page 102, #9 and #10 for review questions/practise.

GRAMMAR POINT 4: To say that you are doing something "just in case" or "by way of precaution", you use "nen no tame"

FORMATION:

~念のため~ / (Some phrase 1) nen no tame (some phrase 2) /
(Some phrase 1) just in case (some phrase 2)

Example:

骨には異常ないと思いますが念のためレントゲンを撮りましょう。
Hone ni ha ijou nai to omoimasu ga, nen no tame rentogen wo torimashou.
I don't think there's anything abnormal in your bones, but just in case, let's take an X-RAY.

For Review see page 100-101, #6.

GRAMMAR POINT 5: We learned some onomatopoeic words or MIMETIC words called 擬態語/kitaigo. There are a lot to describe illness/pain/sickness. These describe a state of being.

Examples:
- for a burn: ひりひり　する
- for a headache:　がんがん　する
- for a chill: ぞくぞく　する
- for an ache (tooth, leg, etc.): ずきずき　する

See page 100 #5 for review.

GRAMMAR POINT 6: We learned a useful phrase to express: "I was expecting that (some phrase 1 would happen), but (some phrase 2 happened instead)"

FORMATION:

そのうち~(Phrase 1)かと思って~(Phrase 2)んですが
Sono uchi ~(Phrase 1) ka to omotte ~(phrase 2) n desu ga.
I was expecting that (some phrase 1 would happen), but (some phrase 2 happened instead).

Example:

そのうち治ると思って様子を見てたんですが、治らないんです。
Sono uchi naoru to omotte yousu wo mite tan desu ga, naoranai n desu.

I was waiting to see if it would get better, but it didn't.

See page 100 #4 for review.