That's Armenian for "Take a deep breath."
English is not the first language of the vast majority of my patients. In fact, more than half of my patients barely speak English. If only I spoke Armenian, the first language of 80% of my patients. Or Spanish. Or Tagalog.
I've developed a small vocabulary of Armenian. Just the medical basics. In chveses -- how are you? Lavay -- good. Tsav unis -- do you have pain? Barke -- lie down. Nustie -- sit up. Batz -- open. Pagai -- close. And a few others.
Pee pee and poop are universal words too.
I really do wish I spoke a second language. I took Latin in high school. Everyone told me how helpful it would be in medicine. What a waste. Don't believe the hype, kids. Learn Spanish.
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i took spanish..and am sooo very grateful...
chickpea
I took Latin in high school. It was useless. I really wish I took Spanish instead. Funny thing is that I know more Spanish than Latin.
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