Tswana: Theme 9 - The human body and ailments
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greetings and courtesies | asking for help, emergencies | numbers, days, months, seasons | question words, quantities, weather and time | banks, taxis and restaurants | transportation and finding your way | touring and socializing | at the filling station | the human body and ailments | shopping and sport |  |
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Doctors:
South African docters are very well qualified and there are excellent hospitals in South Africa, whether private or provincial. Setswana people either visit a Western docter or a traditional docter. In the traditional Setswana culture the ngaka heal people. The ngaka utilises an extensive knowledge of herbs, treebark, grasses, etc. inherited from previous generations to cure his patients.
When going to a traditional docter, it may be useful to know different body parts when you want to express what illness you are suffering from.