Help and emergencies in Esperanto
The words you hope to never need. Play the ten Esperanto words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Esperanto phrases in this lesson
- Helpu!HEL-poo
- Help!
- Voku kuracistonVOH-koo koo-rah-TSEES-ton
- Call a doctor
- Policopoh-LEE-tsoh
- Police
- Apotekoah-poh-TEH-koh
- Pharmacy
- Malsanulejomahl-sah-NOO-leh-yoh
- Hospital
- Mi perdiĝismee per-DEE-jis
- I'm lost
- Mi ne fartas bonemee neh FAHR-tas BOH-neh
- I don't feel well
- Ĝi estis ŝtelitaZHEE ES-tees SHTEL-ee-tah
- It was stolen
- Estas krizoES-tas KREE-zoh
- It's an emergency
- Lasu min trankvilaLAH-soo meen trank-VEE-lah
- Leave me alone
The imperative form of helpi (to help). Helpu min! (Help me!). Regular verb conjugation: -u is the imperative marker for all persons.
Voki (to call/phone), kuracisto (doctor). The -o ending makes it a noun, -sto makings person-agent. Medical emergencies are theoretical in Esperanto communities.
Loan from English/Romance languages. Polica (police, adjective). Esperanto conferences are generally very safe; police are rarely needed.
Loan from Greek apotheke. Farmaciejo is the modern alternative (pharmacy + place). Both are understood in any Esperanto context.
Malsano (sickness, mal- + sano), -ulejo (place for people). Literally "sickness-person-place". Descriptive Esperanto construction.
Literally "I became lost".
Literally "I do not fare well". Fartas is present tense; the pattern is universal in Esperanto for all states of being and health.
Ŝteli (to steal), -ita (past participle). Passive voice: estis (was) + ŝtelita (stolen). Regular passive construction works for any verb.
Literally "leave me calm".