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INTRODUCTION
In today's lesson, we'll introduce you to some phrases useful in the case you need medical assistance. When traveling, sometimes the body takes a little time to adjust, and the immune system is no different. So today, we'll go over some phrases that will help get you to a location where you can get medical assistance. We'll start with the phrase "I need a doctor."

Lesson focus
In French, "I need a doctor" is J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
Let’s break it down by syllable: J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
Now let's hear it once again: J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
The first word, J'ai, means "I have." It’s a contraction between je “I,” and ai, "have."
Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: J'ai
J'ai
It is followed by besoin, which in French is "need."
Besoin
Besoin
So to recap here, we have J'ai besoin. Literally, this means "I have need."
Let’s take a look at the next word, d'un, means "of a," a contraction of de,"of" and un, “a."
D'un
And, d'un
This is followed by medecin, which in French is "doctor."
Medecin
medecin
So all together, we have J'ai besoin d'un médecin. Literally, this means "I have need of a doctor."
If things aren't too bad, perhaps you only need to get to a pharmacy. In French, "I need to get to a pharmacy." is J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie.
J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie.
Let’s break it down by syllable: J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie.
Now let's hear it once again: J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie.
Notice that the only thing that changes is pharmacie, the rest is the same.
une pharmacie
une pharmacie
And, une pharmacie.
Now, if you need to get there or would like someone to take you, you can use the following phrase: "Please take me to the doctor." which is S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
Let’s break it down by syllable: S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
Now let's hear it one more time: S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
The first word, s'il vous plaît, means "please," as we have learned.
This is followed by amenez, which in French is something like "bring."
Amenez
Amenez
To recap, we have S'il vous plaît, amenez. Literally, this means "Please take" or "Please bring."
Let's take a look at the next word, moi, which means "me."
Moi
And, moi
This is followed by chez, which in French is something like "the house of" or "the place of."
Chez
And, chez
Next, we have le, which in French means "the."
Le
And, le
Lastly, we have médecin, meaning "doctor" as we learned.
All together, we have S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin, literally this means "Please bring me to the place of the doctor."
And of course, for the pharmacy, you can just substitute the word for pharmacy and get: S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi à la pharmacie, which is "Please take me to the pharmacy."
Once again: S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi à la pharmacie
S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi à la pharmacie
And just for insurance purposes, we should cover the phrase "Please call an ambulance," which is S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
Let’s break it down by syllable: S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.

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 bonne chance, that means “good luck” in French. Ok, here we go!
“I need a doctor.” - J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
J'ai besoin d'un médecin.
“I need to get to a pharmacy.” - J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie
J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie
J'ai besoin d'une pharmacie
“Please take me to the doctor.” - S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
S'il vous plaît, amenez-moi chez le médecin.
“Please call me an ambulance.” - S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
S'il vous plaît, appelez-moi une ambulance.
This is the end of today’s lesson. See you soon! À bientôt!

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