Expressing Pain and Illness

1. To express pain, you can use the body parts + personal pronouns + generic verb, dùn (which is, pain).
2. You can use body parts + personal pronouns + specific idiom to talk about a specific illness.
3. Sometimes, you can also use particular illness + verbs (such as se, mú, gbé) + personal pronouns

Orí ń dùn mí

Ẹsẹ̀ ń dùn wọ́n

Ojú ń dùn é

Ọwọ́ ń dùn mí

2. Ojú ń ta mí

Imú ń ro mí

Inú ń run mí

Ara ń ro mí

Àyà ń ta mí

3. Òtútù ń mú mi

Ibà ń se mí

Òyì ń kọ́ mi

Ẹ̀fọ́rí ń ṣe mí

Èébì ń gbé mi

Ara ń só mí

Ikọ́ ń ṣe mí

Ise sise (role-playing)

Assume either of you is a doctor while the other is a patient. The doctor asks questions. The patient says what’s doing them, while the doctor offers a medical solution. Use these words as cues to talk (ẹ̀yìn, inú, ibà, ikọ́, àyà, ara, ojú).

Inú mi duń

Inú ń duń mí

Example:

Doctor: Kí ló ń ṣe ẹ́?

Patient: Orí ń fọ́ mi

Doctor: Pẹ̀lẹ́, lo asipírínì