Hello World: Multilingual Greetings for those providing Obstetric Anesthesia Care - Wolof

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Greeting Phrases

Hello

 Me kyeaa wo

 Meh chay-ah woh

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My name is ___

 Yℰ frℰ me

 Yeh freh meh

I am the anesthesiologist taking care of you today

 Me yℰ dokita a yℰbℰboa wo na wonti ℰyaw; me na mℰhwℰ wo so nnℰ

 Meh yeh doh-kee-tah ah yeh-beh-boh-ah woh nah won-tee eh-yow; meh nah meh-hweh woh soh neh

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Please give me a few moments to get the help of an interpreter

 Mepawokyew ma me mmrℰ kakra mfa frℰ obi a ɔbℰdane kasa no ama yℰn

 Meh-pah-woh-chyo mah meh mmreh kah-krah mm-fah freh oh-beh-dah-neh kah-sah noh ah-ma yehn

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Emergency Phrases

You will need to go fully asleep because this is an emergency. 

 

ℰwosℰ wo da koraa ℰfirisℰ ℰyℰ emergency

 Eh-waw-seh woh dah koh-rah eh-fee-ree seh eh-yeh eh-mer-jen-see

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You will need general anesthesia for your surgery because this is an emergency.

 

 Wo hiaa sℰ wobℰda wɔ surgery yi mu efirisℰ ℰyℰ mprepren surgery

 Woh hee-yah seh woh-beh-dah waw sair-jer-ee yee moo eh-fee-ree seh eh-yeh mpreh-prehn sair-jer-ee

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Take some deep breaths.

 

 gye ahome kɔ momu yie

 Jeh ah-ho-meh kaw moh-moo yee-eh

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We are placing monitors to keep you safe. 

 

 Yℰde akanea a yℰde hwℰ wapomuden ℰbℰ si wo so

 Yeh-deh ah-kah-neh-ah ah yeh-deh hweh wah-paw-moo-den eh-beh-see woh soh

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I know that this is scary.

 

 Me nim sℰ ℰyehu

 Meh neem seh eh-yeh-hoo

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We will take good care of you.

 

 Yℰbℰhwℰ wosu yie

 Yeh-beh-hweh woh-soo yee-eh

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We are testing how well your anesthesia is working. Let me know if you feel any sharp pain.

 

 Yℰhwℰ sℰ eduro no ℰyℰ adwuma anaa. Kakyerℰ yℰn sℰ woti ℰyaw anaa

 Yeh-hweh seh eh-doo-roh noh eh-yeh ah-joo-mah ah-nah. Kah chyeh-reh yehn seh woh-tee eh-yow ah-nah

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We need to place an IV to give you medicine and fluids, to keep you safe. 

 

 ℰwɔsℰ yℰ de duroba a yℰdi nnuro ℰfa mu ℰhyℰ wonsa ho na abɔ wo ho ban

 Eh-waw-seh yeh-deh doo-roh-bah ah yeh-dee nnuro eh-fah moo eh-hyeh wohn-sah ho nah ah-baw woh ho ban

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We need to place a catheter in your bladder. I’m sorry, this may be uncomfortable. 

 

 ℰwɔsℰ yℰ de rubber ℰto wo junso kuraa mu. Fa kyℰ me, nanso ℰyℰ ahutete kakra

 Eh-waw-seh yeh-deh rah-buh eh-toh woh joon-soh koo-rah moo. Fah chyeh meh, nahn-so eh-yeh ah-ho-teh-teh kah-krah

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