Vocabulary list
Your medicine list in French: current use, past use and names
Explain which medicines you take now, which you no longer take and which name needs checking. B1 vocabulary with picture cards and a short consultation.
- B1
- 9 words
- Gender marked
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In short
Introduce the list with Voici les médicaments que je prends actuellement. Mark past use with Je ne le prends plus. If a name escapes you, say Je ne me souviens plus du nom. Voici la boîte.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
The information in front of you
When you take it
Name what you brought
Find:
| Status | French wording | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Current | Je le prends actuellement. | I take it now. |
| Occasional | J’en prends de temps en temps. | I take some occasionally. |
| Previous | Je ne le prends plus depuis la semaine dernière. | I haven’t taken it since last week. |
| Name unclear | Je ne me souviens plus du nom. | I can’t remember the name. |
- Adam
J’ai apporté la liste des médicaments que je prends actuellement.
I’ve brought the list of medicines I currently take.
- Doctor
Merci. Regardons-la ensemble. Et ce médicament sur l’ancienne ordonnance ?
Thank you. Let’s look at it together. And this medicine on the old prescription?
- Adam
Il figure encore sur l’ordonnance, mais je ne le prends plus. J’ai arrêté la semaine dernière.
It’s still on the prescription, but I no longer take it. I stopped last week.
- Doctor
Et celui que vous prenez de temps en temps, quel est son nom ?
And the one you take from time to time, what is its name?
- Adam
Je ne me souviens plus du nom. Voici la boîte. Pouvez-vous vérifier de quel médicament il s’agit ?
I can’t remember the name. Here’s the pack. Can you check which medicine it is?
Actuellement means currently. Encore in il figure encore sur l’ordonnance concerns the written record; je ne le prends plus describes Adam’s present use. For a missing date, use Je ne sais plus exactement quand j’ai commencé. That tells the listener which detail needs checking.