At the farmacia
Describing what hurts to somebody who can help, and understanding the answer.
Most pilgrims are in a Spanish pharmacy within the first week, and it is a harder conversation than it looks. You are tired, something hurts, and you have to describe it precisely enough that somebody can help, then understand an answer given at normal speed about a product you have never heard of.
The course is built around that exchange in both directions. It starts with the sentence that opens it and the words that finish it, then the rest of the body beyond feet, legs, knees and back, which the free course already covers. Then what you are handed, so the name on the box tells you something. Then asking at the counter for advice rather than a product, which is what a Spanish pharmacist is there for and which most visitors never think to do. It ends with injuries: the small number of things that actually stop people walking, and how to name them.
60 words across 5 topics, each with example sentences and a map showing how the words connect.
What is in it
- Saying what is wrong – 12 words The sentence that starts the conversation, and the words that finish it.
- The rest of the body – 12 words after Saying what is wrong Beyond feet, legs, knees and back, which the first course already covers.
- What they hand you – 12 words after Saying what is wrong The names on the box, so you know what you have been given.
- At the counter – 12 words after What they hand you Asking for advice rather than a product, which is what a Spanish pharmacist is for.
- Injuries – 12 words after The rest of the body The four things that actually stop pilgrims, and how to name them.
The first topic of Camino basics is free and needs no account, so you can see how the practice works before this course costs you anything.
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