Follow the information in a waiting-room or bedside exchange: who is the patient, where are they, and what has happened? The examples and short dialogue are original learning material, unrelated to any particular series.
The idea
Learn hospital words with their usual partners: ameliyat olmak means to undergo an operation, while taburcu olmak means to be discharged from hospital. Yoğun bakım names intensive care or its unit; yoğun bakımda tells you where someone is. The ending goes on the last word, and the phrase stays two words. Hasta can name a patient or mean ill, depending on the sentence.
| Turkish | Meaning in the scene |
|---|---|
| ameliyat olmak | undergo an operation |
| ameliyat etmek | operate on someone |
| yoğun bakım | intensive care / intensive care unit |
| hemşire | nurse |
| hasta | patient; ill |
| refakatçi | person staying with a patient |
| taburcu olmak | be discharged from hospital |
| sonuç | result |
| Doktor Bey | polite address to a male doctor |
Read the text
Koridorda
A: Doktor Bey, babamın ameliyatı bitti mi?
B: Evet, bitti. Babanız şimdi odasında.
A: Yanına gidebilir miyim?
B: Hemşire birazdan sizi çağıracak.
Odada
A: Baba, buradayım. Çantanı da getirdim.
B: Sağ ol. Gözlüğüm çantada mı?
Examples
- Babam yarın ameliyat olacak.My father will have an operation tomorrow.
- Biz koridorda hemşireyi bekliyoruz.We are waiting for the nurse in the corridor.
- Annem hâlâ yoğun bakımda.My mother is still in intensive care.
- Doktor Bey, sonuçlar çıktı mı?Doctor, are the results out?
- Doktor şu anda hastayı ameliyat ediyor.The doctor is operating on the patient right now.
- Ameliyat bitti, babam şimdi odasında.The operation is over; my father is in his room now.
- Ağabeyim dün taburcu oldu.My older brother was discharged yesterday.
- Ben hastanın refakatçisiyim.I am the person staying with the patient.
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Watch out
Do not swap the patient and the person operating: Babam ameliyat oluyor makes your father the patient, but Babam ameliyat ediyor makes him the person performing the operation. Also, taburcu oldu reports discharge; the phrase itself does not say that every symptom has disappeared.
Try it yourself
Choose the verb: my father will undergo an operation tomorrow.
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olacak
olacak: the father is going to undergo surgery, so the completed phrase is ameliyat olacak. Choosing edecek would make him the person operating on someone.
Complete the location: my mother is still in intensive care.
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yoğun bakımda
yoğun bakımda: the sentence answers where the mother still is. Yoğun bakıma would express a destination, but this sentence describes no transfer.
Complete the sentence: my older brother was discharged yesterday.
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taburcu
taburcu: together with oldu, it reports a completed hospital discharge; dün places that event yesterday. Refakatçi oldu would mean that he became an accompanying person.
Choose the word for the person who stays with the patient, rather than the surgeon.
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refakatçi
refakatçi: the clue is staying beside the patient. Cerrah names the surgeon, whose role is different; the prompt asks about the accompanying person.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the verb: my father will undergo an operation tomorrow.
Complete the location: my mother is still in intensive care.
Complete the sentence: my older brother was discharged yesterday.
Choose the word for the person who stays with the patient, rather than the surgeon.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write four original turns: a relative asks about an operation, someone gives an update, and the conversation moves to the bedside. Use one location phrase and one hospital role. Then continue to the lesson on warnings and threats.