You will practise a short pharmacy visit: find the place, describe a complaint and ask for repetition. The official lookup linked below lists duty pharmacies by province and district. The dialogue is invented for language practice.
The idea
Eczane is the pharmacy; eczacı is the pharmacist. Nöbetçi eczane means the pharmacy on duty. At the counter, Dünden beri başım ağrıyor says what hurts and since when. Separate two questions: Bu ilaç var mı? asks about availability; Bu ilacı nasıl kullanacağım? asks how to use a particular medicine. For clarification, use Anlamadım, tekrar eder misiniz?
Read the text
— İyi akşamlar. Nöbetçi eczane nerede? — Şu sokakta. — Teşekkür ederim.
— Merhaba. Dünden beri başım ağrıyor. — Şu anda ilaç kullanıyor musunuz? — Anlamadım, tekrar eder misiniz? — İlaç kullanıyor musunuz? — Hayır, kullanmıyorum.
Examples
- Bu akşam nöbetçi eczane nerede?Where is the pharmacy on duty this evening?
- Dünden beri başım ağrıyor.I have had a headache since yesterday.
- Lütfen biraz yavaş konuşur musunuz?Could you speak a little more slowly, please?
- Reçetem yanımda.I have my prescription with me.
- Bu ilaç var mı?Do you have this medicine?
- Bu ilacı nasıl kullanacağım?How should I use this medicine?
- Anlamadım, tekrar eder misiniz?I didn’t understand; could you repeat that?
- Eczacıyla konuşmak istiyorum.I would like to speak to the pharmacist.
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Watch out
Var mı? does not ask for instructions: a reply of evet only confirms availability. Also, in başım ağrıyor, the head is the grammatical subject. Do not change the verb to ağrıyorum to mean “I have a headache”.
Try it yourself
Choose the place, not the person: where is the pharmacy on duty?
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eczane
eczane: you need a place to go to. Eczacı names the person who works there, so it would ask where the pharmacist is.
Complete the word and write it in full: my head has hurt since yesterday.
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başım
başım: the ending marks whose head hurts: mine. Write the whole word; the dotless ı belongs in this form after baş.
Fill the gap: how should I use this medicine? Start from ilaç.
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ilacı
ilacı: bu points to a specific medicine, the object of kullanacağım. The object ending is -ı, and the final ç of ilaç becomes c before it.
Complete the polite request addressed to siz: I didn’t understand; could you repeat that?
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misiniz
misiniz: the request addresses the other person politely. Eder takes mi, with the siz ending attached; miyim would ask about the speaker instead.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the place, not the person: where is the pharmacy on duty?
Complete the word and write it in full: my head has hurt since yesterday.
Fill the gap: how should I use this medicine? Start from ilaç.
Complete the polite request addressed to siz: I didn’t understand; could you repeat that?
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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In pairs, act out the two short exchanges below, then swap roles. Ask where the pharmacy on duty is, say when the headache started and request repetition. Practise the usage question without inventing a dosage or treatment.