My Dear! 2
It's me again, Alexander, your online German teacher. 3
The last lesson dealt with the body parts, 4
like the arm, the breast, the belly - beer belly. 5
And today I want to give you some vocab referring to 6
Health and sickness. 7
Hopefully you are all healthy. 8
But in case a disease shall catch us - 9
a cold for instance - then it is important 10
that you are capable to verbalize it. 11
Since then you have no trouble seeing a doctor, 12
and then you will get healthy again pretty soon. 13
Health - most likely the highest good 14
we have on this planet. 15
Everything we do in life should be done with the objective to stay healthy. 16
And it is said that if you eat an apple a day, 17
you will stay alive one more day at the end. 18
I do not believe that, because if I were to start eating an apple a day today, 19
and each apple gives me an additional day of life, 20
then I were immortal. 21
But they say that apples are very healthy. 22
Die Krankheit – die Krankheiten (disease) 23
Krankheit is the antonym of Gesundheit. (disease and health) 24
That means: if you are not healthy, then you are sick. 25
And vice versa: if you are not sick, then you are healthy. 26
German can be so easy! 27
Die Krankheit, die Krankheiten 28
Later on I will tell you some diseases in German, 29
and show you how to spell them. 30
You will hear them, you will see them. 31
Die Schmerzen (pain/ache) 32
If something hurts you, you can say that you have "Schmerzen". 33
Schmerzen – pain – ache 34
Rückenschmerzen, Magenschmerzen, Kopfschmerzen, Zahnschmerzen, (back, stomach, head, tooth) 35
Schmerzen, Schmerzen, Schmerzen, Schmerzen… 36
It is a simple construction: 37
You have the body part and the word „Schmerzen“. 38
Magenschmerzen you get somewhere here, at the stomach. 39
Rückenschmerzen you have somewhere here, 40
if you spent to much time in front of the screen like a chimpanzee... 41
Kopfschmerzen – here. 42
And Zahnschmerzen – here! 43
The cold - the cold most likely is the standard sickness on this planet. 44
The nose is running, you are coughing, you got a headache, 45
maybe a little fever... 46
Then you have a cold. 47
These two got a cold. 48
Der Husten – das ist… (cough) 49
This is "Husten". 50
Das Fieber – Fever means that your body has an elevated temperature. 51
Das Fieber 52
Der Schnupfen – Schnupfen means that your nose is stuck, 53
or if the nose is running a lot. 54
That is Schnupfen. (coryza) 55
Das Übergewicht (overweight) 56
Many people do not realize that obesity actually is a disease as well. 57
And even not defined as a disease, 58
it will lead to diseases over time. 59
High blood pressure for instance. 60
"Hoher Blutdruck" means that the pressure in your blood vessels is too high 61
in order to be considered healthy. 62
You are considered obese, as far as I know, as soon as your BMI surpasses 26. 63
That means you are 1,85m and weigh more than 86, 87 kg. 64
It is also possible to have low blood pressure. 65
Low blood pressure simply means that if you are seated and you suddenly stand up, 66
then you see nothing but black with your eyes. 67
That is a sign of low blood pressure. 68
Die Allergie, die Allergien. (allergy) 69
Unfortunately this has become a more and more relevant aspect in Europe and 70
other so-called "developed" countries. 71
People develop more and more allergies. 72
It is an auto-immune disease. 73
Der Diabetes. 74
That is the Latin wird - or: Diabetes Mellitus. 75
Or: die Zuckerkrankheit. (sugar disease) 76
„Krankheit“ you already know. 77
"Zucker" you also know. 78
It is the disease related to sugar. 79
Diabetes Mellitus. 80
And this madam here measures her blood glucose level with a special device. 81
Die Grippe. (flu) 82
Erkältung (cold) means that you have certain symptoms like coughing, 83
coryza, hoarseness, sneezing, the nose is running, and you have a slight temperature. 84
The flu is much more severe. 85
The flu can actually cause death. 86
It is a virus-induced disease which appear anew each year. 87
Many people die from the flu. 88
It is a very strong cold that is induced by a virus. 89
I truely hope you have never caught the flu. 90
Das Krankenhaus. (hospital) 91
If a flu gets very acute, 92
very urgent, the temperature surpasses 40 degree centigrade, 93
Then one has to go to hospital. 94
Das Krankenhaus. 95
The childhood diseases like Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR). 96
These childhood diseases are called this way because 97
they appear very often while 98
the human body is still in its childhood. 99
But it does not mean that an adult cannot catch the Measles, 100
Mumps, or Rubella. 101
There is a vaccine for or against these childhood diseases. 102
Impfung – vaccine. 103
Oh yes, here we have it! 104
This is a vaccine. And they say that, if an organism is vaccined, 105
then the immune system, the antibodies against a certain virus 106
will be developed. 107
And then you cannot catch this disease anymore. 108
You are considered „immune“. 109
Die Hepatitis. 110
And here, this organ is the liver. 111
And when the liver is sick, it might be an inflammation. 112
Thus a Hepatitis. 113
There are several kinds of hepatitis: 114
Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatits C and two, three more, 115
which are not that common. 116
Die Bronchitis. 117
"-itis" means inflammation in Latin. 118
So hepatitis is a liver inflammation. 119
Thus bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchia. 120
Then you usually have a temperature and you have to cough very strongly. 121
Usually over a long period of time. 122
And here a couple of organs: 123
"Die Leber" we already had - hepatitis for instance. 124
Die Lunge – you breathe with your lungs. 125
And plural: die Lungen 126
Die Mandeln (tonsils) 127
I have no clue where your graphic artist has found this ugly picture. 128
But here, deep in your throat, are your tonsils. 129
These tonsils, especially in children, are often inflamed 130
And many doctors decide to take them out via surgery. 131
Die Mandeln 132
Die Luftröhre – the airway what lies between mouth and lungs. 133
You have got a tube running from the mouth to the lungs. 134
That is the airway. 135
"Der Pankreas" or "die Bauchspeicheldrüse." 136
Pancreas is the medical term. 137
In German you can also say: die Bauchspeicheldrüse. 138
Die Bauchspeicheldrüse produces, among others, the insulin. 139
This means that if you have a problem with your pancreas, 140
then it can happen that you get diabetes. 141
Bronchia – we already got that in the context of „Bronchitis“. 142
These are the tiny airways inside the lungs. 143
These many tiny branches in all directions. 144
These are the bronchia. 145
Der Magen – very important! (stomach) 146
Eating is a lot of fun. 147
That is why we have to stay healthy, in order to be able to eat. 148
And most importantly the stomach has to stay healthy. 149
And the intestine. 150
After having spent some time in the stomach, the food goes through the duodenum 151
right into the small intestine. 152
The small intestine is long and thin. 153
And beyond the small intestine comes the colon. 154
And the colon goes once around here. 155
And at the end comes the after, excreting the stool. 156
Stomach, small intestine, colon. 157
That is the order. 158
And now some important expressions you can use 159
at the doctor's. 160
I have pain. 161
Or: something hurts. 162
My head is hurting. 163
My back is hurting. 164
Or: I have a headache / backpain. 165
You have two ways of expressing that. 166
I have a cold. 167
The nose is running, the eyes are red, you have a temperature. 168
So you got a cold. 169
I am coughing, I got the flu, a temperature. 170
"Ich habe" … and then you can say everything: 171
Ich habe Diabetes, ich habe Hepatitis, ich habe Liebeskummer (a broken heart). 172
That is a very simple way to express something. 173
Or: I do not feel so well. 174
same meaning 175
I do not feel so well. 176
This is often used when you are dizzy, 177
or when your stomach causes problems. 178
And finally a small quiz. 179
In order to give some tasks to your thinking organ as well. 180
Today - since it is very boring if it is only me talking... 181
You also have to get involved in some activity once in a while, right?! 182
Which organ is sick with hepatitis? 183
Which organ is sick with hepatitis? 184
Which organ is sick with diabetes? 185
Which organ is sick with diabetes? 186
Which organ is sick with bronchitis? 187
Bronchitis. 188
If you have an elevated body temperature, then you have...? 189
If you have an elevated body temperature, then you have...? 190
You are coughing, nose is running, have a temperature. What do you have? 191
You are coughing, nose is running, have a temperature. What do you have? 192
I will change the slide now. 193
If this was too fast, 194
simply pause the video. 195
Well, hepatitis means an inflamed liver. 196
The liver is here on the right side of the body, somewhere here. 197
Where the rip bones end. 198
Here is the liver. 199
Which organ is sick with diabetes? 200
Usually the pancreas. 201
Not always. 202
When having type two diabetes, the pancreas is ok. 203
But having type one diabetes, there is no more insulin produced. 204
Die Bauchspeicheldrüse or… (literally means: gland producing stomach saliva) 205
Do you still know the Greek denomination? 206
Der Pankreas. 207
When having a bronchitis, the bronchia or the lungs are affected. 208
Since the bronchia are located in the lungs. 209
Elevated temperature: the fever. 210
When you have an elevated body temperature, then you have fever. 211
You are coughing, nose is running, have a temperature. What do you have? 212
You have a cold. 213
Husten, Schnupfen, Fieber. (cough, coryza, fever) 214
These are the signs of a cold. 215
And if this cold gets very very strong, it might be 216
that you have caught a flu. 217
And at the end, you know what comes, there is a dictation waiting for you. 218
This dictation is very short, five short sentences. 219
We will be through in three minutes. 220
First sentence: 221
Well then, this was it! 222
Since we had the quiz, we are having a shorter dictation today. 223
I will change the slide now. 224
If this has been too fast, stop, go back, 225
listen to the dictation again. 226
Now we will proceed to the solution. 227
I do not feel so well. 228
I have a headache. 229
Headache. 230
I do not weel so well. 231
My head hurts. 232
Do you have fever? 233
Do you have fever? 234
Yes, I have a body temperature of 39 degree centigrade. 235
Body temperature of 39 degree. 236
Then you have to drink a lot a sleep a lot. 237
Then you have to drink a lot a sleep a lot. 238
This is not possible. 239
I have to work a lot. 240
This is not possible. 241
I have to work a lot. 242
My Dear! 243
I truely hope that, if you should get sick once, 244
you do not have to work so much. 245
Then you can respect your body. 246
Namely until you are healthy again. 247
Because, as mentioned at the beginning of this lesson, health is the most important thing 248
in the world. 249
I wish you all the best. 250
Continue to have fun learning German! 251
And most of all: stay healthy! 252
Bye-bye!