"Kiam mi malvarmumas, mi ternas kaj tusas."

Translation: When I have a cold, I sneeze and cough.

[andrewgtreantos]

terni (to sneeze)

Etymology

From French éternuer

[Sofiapignani]

In Italian we say starnuto, which comes from latin "sternutatio"

[Rippler]

The phrase, "ternas kaj tusas" oddly sounds a lot like the English phrase, "toss and turn."

[Cambarellus]

Thats an excellent way to remember those.words.

[ramaimarvin]

Turn and toss, sneeze and cough!

[claire_resurgent]

According to PIV, "malvarmumi" is more precisely "to become sick due to exposure to cold."

Related terms: korizo (cold - viral rhinitis), gripo (influenza, but used informally for other respiratory viruses), kataro (catarrh - mucoid discharge), rinito (rhinitis)

[lemux-one]

Someone could explain the word "malvarmumas" to me?

[LeoGrignafini]

Credits to Vikungen (he posted it in another discussion):

malvarmumi --- mal + varma + um + i (opposite of) + (warm) + (related in an unspecific way) + (infinitive verb ending)

[Fantomius]

I sometimes mix up the meanings of "terni" (to sneeze) and "tusi" (to cough).

Does anyone know of a nice mnemonic trick to remember which is which?

[Majklo_Blic]

RobiTUSSin is for coughs, directly from the Latin "tussio".

[Fantomius]

Excellent! And thanks for the etymology lesson!

[Siavel]

And also, Robitussin is an antitussive (anti-cough) medicine.

[dantedante19]

Tusi comes from the French tousser, which is similar to the Spanish toser, the Italian tossire, etc...

[deactivated user]

If it helps, try and remember that both "terni" and "sneeze" have the letter n in them, and both "tusi" and "cough" have the letter u.

[VincentOostelbos]

Well, the mnemonic I used might only be helpful if you speak Dutch... in Dutch, "niezen" is "to sneeze", and "terni" kind of ends in the first sound of "niezen" (I guess the English also has approximately that sound in the word "sneeze"). The first part is "ter", so I think of "terra" for "world" or "earth", and I imagine someone sneezing snot onto the earth.

Failing that, I think the "i" sound is a bit more sneezy and the "u" sound (in "tusi") is a bit more coughy.

[trlh]

Turnu vian kapon kaj tusu

[AiSENMA]

Kie vi doloriĝas?

[EdOManilang]

Is it just me, or does it sound like he is singing the prompt?

[VincentOostelbos]

There's a nice rhyme to it, anyway :)

[Eldecee]

Kial "When i have a cold, I sneeze and I cough" estas neakceptata?

[Mutusen]

Because the authors didn't think of all the possible translations. This one is definitely correct.

[Eldecee]

Dankon.