Abdominal surgical ward communicating with patients: Pre-op conversation
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Key Phrases
Wie geht es Ihnen heute?
How are you today?
Wann ist die Operation?
When is the operation?
Was passiert als Nächstes?
What happens next?
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting medical staff and speaking politely in a hospital setting
Medizinisches Personal begrüßen und höflich in einer Krankenhausumgebung sprechen
Asking about the timing of an operation and what will happen next
Nach dem Zeitpunkt einer Operation fragen und was als Nächstes passiert
Understanding and responding to instructions about eating and drinking before surgery
Anweisungen zum Essen und Trinken vor einer Operation verstehen und darauf reagieren
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are a patient in a German hospital shortly before an operation, speaking with a nurse about how you feel, when the surgery will happen, and what will happen next.
Guten Morgen, Herr Smith . Wie geht es Ihnen heute?
Good morning, Ms. Smith. How are you today?
Guten Morgen. Ich bin etwas nervös.
Good morning. I’m a little nervous.
Das ist ganz normal. Wir sind heute für Sie da.
That’s completely normal. We’re here for you today.
Wann ist die Operation?
When is the operation?
Die Operation ist heute Vormittag. Der Arzt kommt gleich noch.
The operation is this morning. The doctor will be here shortly.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Morgen
MOR-gen
Morning
Guten Morgen.
GOO-ten MOR-gen
Good morning.
Herr
hehr
Mr.
🇩🇪 In hospital, staff commonly address adult patients as [Herr] or [Frau] plus surname unless invited to do otherwise. It is polite and standard, not distant.
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hehr
Ms. Smith
🇩🇪 This is the normal formal way staff address an adult male patient in Germany. First names are less automatic in hospitals than in some English-speaking settings.
See breakdown →Wie
vee
How
Geht
gayt
Goes
Es
ess
It
Ihnen
EE-nen
To you (formal)
💬 [Ihnen] is the formal [you] form used after things like [es geht] and in many hospital conversations. The same formal family shows up as [Sie], [Ihnen], and [Ihr-] depending on the sentence.
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