At the Doctor & Pharmacy

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Can be used for both male and female general practitioners, though 'femme médecin' exists.

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Feminine form is 'la patiente'.

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Use 'à la' for going to the pharmacy.

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Feminine form is 'la pharmacienne'.

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Required to buy many medications in France.

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Often abbreviated colloquially as 'un medoc'.

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Uses the partitive article 'de la' to express having a fever.

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Associated with the verb 'tousser' (to cough).

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Common expression: 'avoir un rhume'.

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Closely related to the verb expression 'avoir mal'.

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Note the circumflex accent on the first 'o'.

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Elides to 'l'' before a vowel.

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Adjective used with 'être'. Can also be a noun ('un malade').

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Adjective; add 'e' for feminine ('fatiguée').

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Past participle used as an adjective.

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Feminine form is 'saine'.

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Regular -er verb.

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Regular -er verb. Reflexive 'se soigner' means to take care of oneself when sick.

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Regular -ir verb (second group).

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Regular -er verb.

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Regular -er verb.

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Regular -er verb.

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Followed by 'à la', 'au', 'à l'', or 'aux' depending on the body part.

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Reflexive verb conjugated with 'être' in compound tenses.

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Uses the verb 'prendre'.