Three more of the body
| der Magen, ¨- | the stomach (the organ) | Mir tut der *Magen weh.* |
| die Brust, ¨-e | the chest | Er hat Schmerzen in der *Brust.* |
| die Zunge, -n | the tongue | Zeig mir deine *Zunge!* |
Mind the pair der Magen and der Bauch (L61). Der Bauch is the belly you can point at from outside; der Magen is the organ inside it. A German says Mir tut der *Bauch weh about a general ache and *Ich habe Magenschmerzen about indigestion.
| My stomach hurts. | Mir tut der Magen weh. |
Doktor and Arzt
You have had der Arzt since L33 — that is the profession. der Doktor is the title and the way you address one: Guten Tag, Herr *Doktor. Germans say Ich gehe zum **Arzt, not *zum Doktor, so keep the two apart.
die Praxis
The room you sit in — a doctor's surgery, a private office. Not the hospital, which is das Krankenhaus (L62). Its plural is irregular: die Praxen.
| The surgery is closed on Friday. | Die Praxis ist am Freitag geschlossen. |
Two verbs
sich verletzen takes a reflexive when you hurt yourself: Ich habe *mich verletzt.* Without it, you hurt someone else.
einschlafen is separable and takes sein in the perfect, because it is a change of state: Ich *bin sofort eingeschlafen.*
| I fell asleep very early yesterday. | Ich bin gestern sehr früh eingeschlafen. |
