"Je voudrais un médicament contre le mal de tête."

Translation: I would like medicine for headaches.

[branderson925]

"I would like 'a' medicine for headaches" is not accepted. Thanks

[Tweed903443]

Sigh... This is once more one of those units where one wishes the people at Duo had a better grasp of English. Too many sentences that are perfectly acceptable in English are rejected.

[LenReed]

It's "J'ai mal à la tête" but Un médicament contre le mal de tête"?

I guess the difference is between an actual pain in a specific head versus the general malady of headaches?

[MandyB11]

My question also. Glad it's not just me! You seem to have a logical reason for it though.

[xXLarry360Xx]

What about I would like a headache medication.

[Kevin968039]

Some Headache medicine/headache medication, is how it would be phrased in U.S. English~ I'm not certain how other countries would word this.

[Tweed903443]

I agree with you that "some" would be the more common usage, but "a" is perfectly acceptable.

[Tweed903443]

I tried that one and it was rejected. So frustrating.

[EvanMcGlinchey]

The sound file is broken for "le" in the slow version.

[effyleven]

"I would like a headache medicine." Accepted,.

[Martyn413385]

I wonder why, because I don't think such a thing exists!

[Martyn413385]

This is a bit strange in English. Usually we take pills of some description for headaches and would not generally refer to them as medicine, particularly if we were talking to a pharmacist. The French statement also suggests the desire to cure the headache "contre" whereas this seems to have been lost in translation!