About this episode
A visit to the family doctor is one of the first situations many new arrivals face in Hebrew — and one of the most stressful when the words don't come. In this intermediate episode, you follow a natural conversation at the doctor's office: describing how you feel, answering the doctor's questions, and understanding the instructions you get in return.
The pace is slower than a real clinic, the vocabulary is the vocabulary you'll actually need, and the dialogue is built so you can repeat it out loud and make it your own.
Level
Intermediate (Bet). You'll get the most from this episode if you already read Hebrew and can hold a simple conversation, and want to extend it to a real-world health setting.
What you'll learn
- How to describe symptoms and say where it hurts
- Common questions a doctor asks, and how to answer them
- Vocabulary for appointments, prescriptions and follow-ups
- Polite phrasing to ask the doctor to repeat or slow down
Take this further in a live Zoom course by level
Working in healthcare yourself? See the Medical Ulpan for Hebrew built around clinical settings.