I woke up l’autre jour (the other day) feeling sick.

The combination of les maux, le nez bouché et le mal à la gorge (the aches, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat) let me know I had to get myself to une pharmacie or I’d end up calling les urgences.

I took une douche chaude (a hot shower) to try and clear my head and make the day a bit more bearable. Heureusement (fortunately), la douche chaude combined with un café helped keep me up, but then la toux (the coughing) started.

The only thought in my head as I worked up the energy to walk to la pharmacie and buy les médicaments (the medicine):

Je suis malade comme un chien.
I am sick as a dog.

I wasn’t fatigué à cause du décalage horaire (jet lagged) and I didn’t have la gueule de bois (a hangover), j’étais malade. Je toussais et j’éternuais (I was coughing and I was sneezing) as I bought les médicaments and made my way back to mon lit (my bed).

Then mon ami Jean called asking if I could still go out that night:

Salut John ! Ça va ?
Kof Kof  – Ça va…
T’es sûr que ça va ?
Atchoum – En fait, j’ai attrapé un rhume.
Ah ouais, alors tu peux pas sortir ?
Je pense pas.
Tu as du miel ?
Du miel ?
Oui, c’est bon pour un rhume !
Ah ouais, merci ! – Kof kof
Et bien, bon rétablissement John !
Merci !

Hey John! How are you?
Cough Cough – I’m fine…
You’re sure that you’re fine?
Achoo – Actually, I caught a cold.
Ah yeah, then you can’t go out?
I don’t think so.
Do you have any honey?
Honey?
Yes, it’s good for a cold!
Ah yeah, thanks! – Cough Cough
Well, get well soon John!
Thanks!

I made du thé au miel (some honey tea) then stayed in mon lit and le lendemain (the next day) I woke up feeling much better!

Voici un petit vocabulaire :

La santé – Health
La maladie – Illness, sickness
Être malade – To be sick
Être faible – To be weak
La fièvre – Fever
Le mal – Ache
Le nez bouché – Stuffy nose
Le nez qui coule – Runny nose
Le mal à la gorge – Sore throat
La toux – Coughing, cough
Tousser – To cough
L’éternuement – Sneezing, sneeze
Éternuer – To sneeze
La pharmacie – Pharmacy
Les médicaments – Medicine
La douche chaude – Hot shower
La douche froide – Cold shower
Être fatigué à cause du décalage horaire – Jet lagged
La gueule de bois – Hangover
Un rhume – A cold
Soigner un rhume – To treat a cold