La metgessa diu que aquest medicament em curarà, però avui encara no estic millor.

Metgessa is the feminine form of metge (doctor).

• el metge = the male doctor
• la metgessa = the female doctor

So La metgessa diu... means The (female) doctor says...

This is a very common pattern in Catalan: some profession nouns change form depending on gender.

In Catalan, using the definite article is very normal here.

• La metgessa diu que... = The doctor says that...

Catalan generally prefers the article where English may sometimes omit it. So even if English might say Doctor says... in some contexts, Catalan usually sounds more natural with la or el.

Diu means says, and que here means that.

• diu = says
• que = that

So:

• La metgessa diu que... = The doctor says that...

Just like in English, que introduces the reported statement.

Diu is the 3rd person singular present of dir (to say).

So:

• jo dic = I say
• tu dius = you say
• ell/ella diu = he/she says

In this sentence, the subject is la metgessa, so we use diu.

Aquest means this, and it agrees with the noun it modifies.

• aquest = this (masculine singular)
• aquesta = this (feminine singular)
• aquests = these (masculine plural)
• aquestes = these (feminine plural)

Since medicament is a masculine singular noun, we use aquest:

• aquest medicament = this medicine

Both can exist, but medicament usually means medicine/medication/drug, especially in the sense of a treatment or pharmaceutical product.

So in this sentence:

• aquest medicament = this medicine / this medication

A learner should simply recognize medicament as a common Catalan word for medicine.

Em is the weak pronoun meaning me.

So:

• em curarà = will cure me

Catalan object pronouns often come before the conjugated verb:

• em veu = sees me
• em coneix = knows me
• em curarà = will cure me

Even though English puts me after the verb, Catalan usually puts em before it.

Here, em is the direct object.

The verb curar can mean to cure someone, so the person being cured is the direct object:

• El medicament em curarà = The medicine will cure me

So em here means me as the thing directly affected by the verb.

Catalan weak pronouns often change form depending on the sound that follows.

• em is used before a consonant
• m' is used before a vowel or silent h

So:

• em curarà (because curarà starts with c)
• m'ajudarà (because ajudarà starts with a vowel)

That is why this sentence has em curarà, not m'curarà.

Curarà is the future tense, 3rd person singular, of curar (to cure).

• curar = to cure
• curarà = he/she/it will cure

Here the subject is aquest medicament, so:

• aquest medicament em curarà = this medicine will cure me

The accent in curarà shows the stressed syllable: cu-ra-rà.

This is normal in many future forms in Catalan:

• parlarà = he/she will speak
• menjarà = he/she will eat
• curarà = he/she/it will cure

The written accent helps mark pronunciation and stress.

Però means but.

• però = but

The accent marks the stressed vowel and also helps distinguish it in writing. For a learner, the important thing is simply to remember that the Catalan word for but is spelled però.

So:

• ..., però avui... = ..., but today...

Avui means today.

So:

• però avui... = but today...

It is a very common everyday word in Catalan.

Encara no means still not or not yet, depending on the context.

In this sentence:

• avui encara no estic millor = today I’m still not better yet / today I’m not better yet

It expresses that improvement has not happened up to now.

Very useful pattern:

• encara no ho sé = I still don’t know / I don’t know yet
• encara no ha arribat = he/she still hasn’t arrived / hasn’t arrived yet

Because estar is used for a temporary state or condition, including health.

• estic millor = I am better

Using ser (sóc) would sound wrong here, because the speaker is talking about their current condition, not an essential characteristic.

Compare:

• estic cansat = I am tired
• estic malalt = I am ill
• estic millor = I am better

So health and changing conditions usually go with estar.

Millor means better.

In this sentence, it refers to health or condition:

• no estic millor = I’m not better

It is very common with estar:

• estic millor = I’m better
• estàs millor? = are you better?
• ja està millor = he/she is better now

Catalan often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person.

• estic already means I am

So:

• no estic millor = I’m not better

You can say jo no estic millor, but jo is usually added only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

The sentence follows a very typical Catalan structure:

• La metgessa = subject
• diu = verb
• que aquest medicament em curarà = subordinate clause
• però avui encara no estic millor = contrasting second clause

More literally:

• The doctor says
• that this medicine me-will-cure
• but today still not am better

The biggest difference from English is usually the pronoun placement:

• Catalan: em curarà
• English: will cure me

Yes. In English, both are natural translations depending on style and context.

• encara no estic millor = I’m still not better
• encara no estic millor = I’m not better yet

Both capture the idea that improvement has not happened so far.

You would change la metgessa to el metge:

• El metge diu que aquest medicament em curarà, però avui encara no estic millor.

Everything else stays the same.

A rough guide for English speakers is:

• metgessa ≈ med-JESS-uh

The tg sound here is like the j sound in judge, and the stress falls on -ges-.

This is only an approximation, but it helps learners recognize the word when they hear it.