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An Introduction to Dental Spanish 1

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Discovering the Sounds of Spanish: Pronunciation

Five Vowel Sounds of Spanish: A E I O U a ah - "a" as in father

e α, αy - "a" as in ape, grape, late

e eh - "e" as in egg, end, friend

i or y ε, ee - "e" as in eagle, please, peace

o ο- "o" as in boat, wrote, and no

Spanish English Pronuciaiton Guide

u oo, υ - "oo" as in loose, cool, or boo

au ow - "ow" as in n

th.

ow, cow, or how

ua wah - as in

.

water

ue wαy - as in “No way.”

ui wee or wε - as in “We

will go to the store.”

Pronunciation Guide for the Spanish Alphabet

Note: The syllables that receive the stress in each word are underlined in this manual when the Spanish phrase is written in English. It is important to accent the right syllable in order to get the pronunciation correct.

Letter Sound English Spanish Pronunciation

A “ah” as in father father padre (pah

B “b” as in boy but a little softer than English baby bebé (bαy-

-drαy)

bαy

C “k” when followed by “a, o, and u” house casa (

)

cah “s” when followed by “e” or “i.” brush cepillo (sαy-

-sah) pee

CH "'ch" as in cherry boy chico (

-yο)

chee

D “d”if it begins a word or follows a consonant Sunday domingo (dο-

-cο)

meen-gο) “th” when it comes between vowels all todo (tο

-thο)

E “eh” as in egg when followed by "l,s" or "n" tooth diente (dee-en "a" as in ape all other times this este (

-tαy) es

F “f” as in father photograph foto (

-stαy)

fο

G “g” when followed by an “a, o & u” cat gato (

-tο)

gah “h” before the vowels “e” and “i.” angel ángel (

-tο) ahn

H is silent hospital hospital (Ο-spee-

-hell)

tahl)



I “e” as in eagle church iglesia (Ε-glαy

J “h” as in hen but stronger Jesus Jesús (Hαy-

-see-ah)

soose

K “k” (only used in foreign words) kilogram kilogram (

)

kεy

L “l” as in love pencil lápiz (

-lο-grahm)

lah

LL “y” as in your to brush cepillarse (sαy-pee-

-peace)

yar

M “m” as in marriage mother madre (

-sαy)

mah

N “n” as in nut nut nuéz (new-

-drαy)

αce

Ñ “ny” as in canyon tomorrow mañana (mahn-

)

yah

O “o” as in coat where donde (

-nah)

dοn

P “p” as in power power poder (pο-

-dαy)

there

Q “k” as in kite what que (kαy)

)

R softer than the English “r” because the thanks gracias (grah tongue touches the bridge inside the mouth clothes ropa (

-see-ahs) rο

RR “rr” rolled by draggin the tongue accross the donkey burro (

-pah)

boo top of the mouth while exhaling a puff of air guitar guitarra (gee-

-rrο) tah

S “s” as in seal sir, mr. señor (sen-

-rrah)

your

T “t” as in tornado thirty treinta (

)

trαin

U “u” as in lose you usted (oo-

-tah)

sted

V “v” as in vain but sounds like an English “b” twenty veinte (

)

bαin

W there is no “w” in Spanish but by putting “u” good bueno (

-tαy)

bwαy with other vowels the sound is formed water agua (

-nο) ah

X “ks” as in sinks exactly exacto (eck-

-gwah)

sahk

Y “ee” as in eagle already ya (Ε-

-tο)

yah

Z “s” as in sing shoe zapato (sah-

)

pah

Spanish Dental Rap – Part 1 -tο)

¡Sígame! ¡Siéntese! ¿Cómo se siente? (See-gah-may! See-en-tay-say! Co-mo say see-en-tay?)

Abra la boca, muéstreme el diente. (Ah-brah lah bo-cah, mway-stray-may el dee-en-tay.)

(translation: Follow me! Sit down! How do you feel? Open your mouth, show me the tooth.)

Answers to, ¿Cómo se siente? (How do you feel?)

Me siento bien/mal. (May see-en-to bee-en/mahl.) I feel fine/bad.

No me siento bien. (No may see-en-to bee-en) I do not feel well.



Así, así. (Ah-see, ah-see.) So, so.

Spanish Greetings

¡Buenos días! (Bway-nose dee-ahs) ¡Señor! (Sen-your!)

¡Buenas tardes! (Bway-nahs tar-theys) ¡Señora! (Sen-your-ah!)

¡Buenas noches! (Bway-nahs no-chase) ¡Señorita! (Sen-your-ree-tah!)

Introductions

I am... Yo Soy… (Yo soy…) el/la dentista. (el/lah den-tee-stah) el/la higienista. (el/lah ee-he-A-nee-stah)

Heather es mi asistente. Amber es mi recepcionista.



(ah-see-sten-tay) (ray-sape-see-O-nee-stah)

Me llamo _______ (may yah-mo _______) ¿Cómo se llama? (Co-mo say yah-mah?)

My name is _____. What is your name?

Spanish Dental Rap – Part 2

¡Sígame! ¡Siéntese! ¿Cómo se siente? Abra la boca, muéstreme el diente.

¿Cuál es su problema hoy? ¡Lo Siento! (Kwahl es soo pro-blay-mah oy? Lo see-en-to!) Solamente cuesta dos cientos. (So-lo-men-tay kwest-ah dos see-en-tos.)

(translation: Follow me! Sit down! How do you feel? Open your mouth, show me the tooth. What is your problem today? I’m sorry! It only costs $200.)

Do you have pain? ¿Tiene dolor? (TNA do-lor?) ¡Sí! ¡Tengo mucho dolor!

(See, tain-go moo-cho do-lor!)

¿Dónde? (Don-day?) O ¿Dónde le duele? (Dón-day lay dwell-A?)



Where? Where? ¿Dónde? (Don-day?)

the right la derecha

(dαy-rαy-chah)

the left la izquierda

(ε-skee-αir-thah)

front adelante (ah-day-lahn-tay)

or o

(Ο)



The Dental Blues

¿Dónde le duele? ¿Dónde tiene dolor? (2X) ¡Abra la boca más grande, por favor!

Chorus: ¿Arriba o abajo? ¿Adelante o atrás? O bebé.

upper teeth arriba

(ah-ree-bah)

back atrás

(ah-trahs)

You have… Usted tiene (Oo-sted TNA…)

…decayed teeth - dientes picados. (dee-en-tαys pee-cah-thοse)

…three cavities – tres caries. (trαce cah-ree-αce)

…an abcess – un abceso. (oon ahb-sαy-sο)

infected gums – encías infectadas (en-see-ahs een-fαke-tah-thahs)

lower teeth

abajo (ah-bah-hο)

Open your mouth. Abra la boca.

(Ah-brah lah bo-cah)

Wider. Más grande.

(Mahs grahn-day)

Show me where you hurt. Muéstreme donde le duele.

(Mway-stray-me don-day lay dwell-A)

Translation: Verse: Where do you hurt? Where do you have pain?(2X) Open your mouth wider, please! Chorus: Upper or lower? Front or back? O baby. Right or left? Open your mouth more and more.

Please. Por favor.

(Poor fah-vor)



¿La derecha o la izquierda? Abra la boca más y más.

Verb Chart: 6 first person statements in Spanish Subject + Helping Verb Action Verb Direct Object I want –Yo quiero… (Yο kεy-arrow.)

…to examine – examinar (eck-sah-mε-nar)

…your teeth. – los dientes. (lοs dee-en-tαys.)

I need – Yo necesito… (Yο nαy-sαy-see-tο…)

…to clean – limpiar (leem-pee-ar)


I have to – Yo tengo que… (Yο tαin-gο kαy...)

...lower – bajar (bah-har)

...the chair – la silla. (lah see-yah)

I am going to – Yo voy a… (Yο bοy ah…)

…fill – rellenar (rαy-yαy-nar)

…the tooth. – el diente. (el dee-en-tαy)

I cannot – Yo no puedo… (Yο no pwαy-thο…)

…save– salvar (sahl-var)

…the tooth. – el diente. (el dee-en-tαy.)

Will you allow me – ¿Me permite… (Mαy pαir-mε-tαy…)

…to extract – sacar (sah-car)

…the tooth? – el diente? (el dee-en-tαy?)

Dental Chart 3 Hygiene Learning Objectives: Greeting the patient, identifying who you are and what you do, talk about brushing teeth. English Spanish Greetings Pronunciation Guide Good afternoon, Mrs. Sanchez.

Buenas tardes, Señora Sanchez. Bwαy-nahs dee-ahs Sen-your-ah Sahn-chαse.



I am the one who cleans your teeth.

Soy la que limpia los dientes. Sοy lah kαy leem-pee-ah lοs dee-en-tαys

Do you brush your teeth every day?

¿Se cepilla los dientes cada día? Sαy sαy-pee-yah lοs dee-en-tαys cah-thah dee-ah?

Do your gums bleed? ¿Le sangran las encías? Lαy sahn-grahn las en-see-yahs? You need to brush two times a day.

Necesita cepillarse dos veces al día.

Neh-sαy-see-tah sαy-pee-yar-sαy dοs vαses ahl dee-ah.

Verb Charts - Third person verbs Subject + Helping Verb Action Verb Direct Object or Adverb You have to– Tiene que… (TNA kαy…)

…to brush – cepillarse…. (sαy-pee-yar-sαy)

each day – cada día. (cah-thah dee-ah)

You need to – Necesita… (Neh-sαy-see-tah)

more often – más seguido. (mahs sαy-gee-thο)

You should – Debe… or ought (Dαy-bαy)

two times a day – dos veces al día. (dοs vαy-sαce ahl dee-ah)

after meals – después de las comidas (des-spwαce dαy lahs cο-mε

Additional Vocabulary

-thahs)

Are your teeth sensitive… ¿Están sensibles los dientes.... Es-stahn sen-see-blαys lοs dee-en-tαys…

to the heat? al calor? ahl cah-lοr? to the cold? al frío? ahl free-ο? to sugar? a la azúcar? ahl ah-soo-car? to chewing? al masticar? ahl mah-stee-car? to brushing? al cepillarse? ahl sαy-pee-yar-sαy?

Dental Chart 4 Learning Objectives: Learn the terminology for cleaning teeth. English Spanish Greetings Pronunciation Guide I am going to clean your teeth today.

Yo voy a limpiar los dientes hoy. Yο vοy ah leem-pee-ar lοs dee-en-tαys oy.

I need to remove... Necesito quitar… Neh-sαy-see-tο kεy-tar… …the tartar from the teeth. …el sarro de los dientes. el sah-rrο dαy lοs dee-en-tαys You have a lot of tartar. Tiene mucho sarro. TNA moo-chο sah-rο. When was the last time that… ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que..? Kwahn-dο fwαy lah ool-tee-mah

vαse kαy...? …you visited the dentist? …visitó al dentista? …vee-see-tο ahl den-tee-stah? Don’t be afraid. No tenga miedo. No tαin-gah mε-α-thο. Don’t swallow. No le pasa la saliva. No lαy pah-sah lah sah-lee-vah. Don’t spit, please. No escupa, por favor. No es-scoo-pah, pοr fah-vοr. Don’t rinse your mouth. No se enjuague la boca. No sαy en-hwah-gαy lah bο-cah.

Verb Charts - Third person verbs You have to– Tiene que… (TNA kαy…)

…brush – cepillarse… (sαy-pee-yar-sαy) …rinse – enjuagarse…

each day – cada día. (cah-thah dee-ah)

You need to – Necesita… ...your mouth – la boca.



(Neh-sαy-see-tah) (en-hwah-gar-sαy) …use – usar… (oo-sar)

(lah bο-cah.) You should – Debe… or ought (Dαy-bαy)

...dental floss. – el hilo dental. (el Ε-lο den-tahl)

Can you - ¿Puede… (Pwαy-they)

…spit – escupir… (eh-scoo-peer)

...in the glass? – en el vaso? (en el bah-sο?)

Do you want - ¿Quiere… (Kεy-αir-α…)

…something – algo (ahl-gο)

…to drink? – de tomar? (dαy tο-mar?)

Its not going to – No va a… (No vah ah…)

…to hurt you. - …dolerle (dο-lαir-lαy)

Dental Chart 5 Learning Objectives: To inform the patient that you are going to take X-rays of the teeth, give direct commands regarding X-ray taking, introduce how one can say they cannot do something and ask permission from the patient. English Spanish Greetings Pronunciation Guide I am going to take pictures of the teeth.

Voy a tomar fotos de los dientes.

Vοy ah tο-mar fο-tοs dαy lοs dee-en-tαys.

Open your mouth, please. Abra la boca, por favor. Ah-brah lah bο-cah, pοr fah-bοr. A little bit more. Un poquito más. Oon pο-kεy-tο Open part way. Abra un poco. Ah-brah oon pο-cο Close your mouth. Cierre la boca. See-αir-rαy lah bο-cah. Bite down. Muerda. Mwαir-thah. Harder. Más fuerte. Mahs fwαir -tαy! Hold it with your teeth. Apriételo con los dientes. Ah-pree-α-tαy-lο cοn lοs dee-en-tαys Smile with your teeth together.

Sonríe con los dientes cerrados. Sοn-ree-Α cοn lοs dee-en-tαys sαy-rah-thοse

Turn your head to the right. Voltée la cabeza a la derecha. Vοl-tαy-Α lah cah-bαy-sah ah lah dαy-rαy-chah

Turn your head to the left. Voltée la cabeza a la izquierda. Vοl-tαy-Α lah cah-bαy-sah ah lah ee-skee-αir-thah

Raise your chin a little Levante la barba un poco. Lαy-vahn-tαy lah bar-bah oon pο-cο Don’t move. No se mueva. No sαy mwαy-bah. One more. Uno más. Oo-nο mahs. Sit up straight, please. Siéntese recto, por favor. See-en-tαy-sαy rαke-tο, pοr fah-vοr. Everything’s fine. Todo está bien. Tο-thο es-stah bee-en. The doctor will come soon. El doctor viene pronto. El dοk-tοr vee-en-Α prοn-tο.



Dental Chart 6 Learning Objectives: To introduce yourself to the patient, to talk about decayed teeth, and to talk to the patient about an extraction and fillings. English Spanish Greetings Pronunciation Guide Good afternoon, Mr. Garza. Buenas tardes Señor Garza. Bwαy-nahs tar-thαce Sen-your

Gar-sah I am Dr. __________ Soy doctor/doctora ______. Sοy dοk-tοr/dοk-tο-rah ___________ You have very decayed teeth. Tiene dientes muy picados. TNA dee-en-tαys mwee

pee-cah-thοse. You have five cavities. Tiene cinco caries. TNA seen-cο cah-ree-αce I can fill two of them today. Puedo rellenar dos hoy. Pwαy-thο rαy-yαy-nar dοs οy. I cannot save your molar. No puedo salvar la muela. No pwαy-thο sahl-var lah mwαy-lah I want to extract it. Quiero sacarlo. Kεy-arrow sah-car-lο Don’t worry. No se preocupe. Nο sαy prαy-ο-coo-pαy Possibly this will bother you a little

Posiblemente, le molesta un poco.

Pο-see-blαy-men-tαy, lαy mο-lαy-stah oon pο-cο

I am going to use the hand piece.

Voy a usar la pieza del mano. Vοy ah oo-sar lah pee-Α-sah del mah-nο

I need to put in two fillings. Necesito ponerle dos rellenos. Nαy-sαy-see-tο pο-nαir-lαy dοs rαy-yαy-nοse.

Is that okay? ¿Está bien? Es-stah bee-en? Verb Chart: first person statements in Spanish Subject + Helping Verb Action Verb Direct Object I want –Yo quiero… (Yο kεy-arrow.)

…to put to sleep – adormecer (ah-door-mαy-sαir )


I need – Yo necesito… (Yο nαy-sαy-see-tο…)

…to give to you – darle (dar-lαy)

…anesthetic. – anestético. (ah-nαy-stαy-tee-cο)

I have to – Yo tengo que… (Yο tαin-gο kαy...)

...remove – quitar (kεy-tar)

…the decay. – los caries. (lοs cah-ree-αce)

I am going to – Yo voy a… (Yο vοy ah…)

…put – poner (pο-nαir)

…gauze in the mouth. – gaza en la boca. (gah-sah en lah el bο-cah)

I cannot – Yo no puedo… (Yο no pwαy-thο…)

…save– salvar (sahl-var)

…the tooth. – el diente. (el dee-en-tαy.)

Will you allow me – ¿Me permite… (Mαy pαir-mε-tαy…)

…to extract – sacar (sah-car)

…the molar? – la muela? (lah mwαy-lah?)



Dental Chart 7 Learning Objectives: To give post-procedure instructions, learn time and say good-bye. Verb Chart: 3rd person negative commands in Spanish Subject + Helping Verb Action Verb Direct Object You should not –No debe… (Nο dαy-bαy.)

…chew – masticar (mah-stee-car)

…on this side. – en este lado. (en es-tαy lah-thο)

You cannot – No puede… (Nο pwαy-they…)

…drink – tomar (tο-mar)

…alcohol. – alcohol.. (ahl-cο-οl.)

You should not –No debe… (Nο dαy-bαy.)

…drink – tomar (tο-mar)

…beverages with gas. – bebidas con gas. (bαy-bee-thahs cοn gahs)


…spit – escupir (es-scoo-peer)

…for 12 hours – por doce horas (pοr dο-sαy ο-rahs)


…grind – rechinar (rαy-chee-nar)



…rinse – enjuagarse (en-hwah-gar-sαy)

…for 24 hours – por veinte cuatro horas. (pοr bαin-tαy kwah-trο ο-rahs)


…smoke – fumar (foo-mαr)

…for 2 days – por dos días (pοr dοs dee-ahs)


…use – usar (oo-sar)

…a straw. –un popote. (oon pο-pο-tαy)

Verb Chart: 3rd person commands in Spanish Subject + Helping Verb Action Verb Direct Object You should –Debe… (dαy-bαy.)

…eat – comer (cο-mαir)

…soft food. – comidas blandas. (cο-mε-thahs blahn-thahs)

You need to – Necesita… (Neh-sαy-see-tah)

…to take – tomar (tο-mar)

…Tylenol. – Tylenol. (tαy-lah-nοl)

You have to– Tiene que… (TNA kαy…)

…return – volver (bοl-bαir)

…in 1 week – en una semana (en oo-nah sαy-mah-nah)

You should –Debe… (dαy-bαy.)

…call me if – llamarme si (yah-mar-mαy see)

…you have unusual symptoms - tiene síntomas raros.

TNA seen-tο-mahs rah-rοse You need to – Necesita… (Neh-sαy-see-tah)

…see – ver (bαir)

…an oral surgeon. – un cirujano oral. (oon see-roo-hah-nο ο-rahl)

You should –Debe… (dαy-bαy.)

…chew – masticar (mah-stee-cαr)

…sugarless gum – chicle sin azúcar (chee-clαy seen ah-soo-car)



Departing Remarks Good-bye Adiós. Ah-thee-οse

See you in a week. Nos vemos en una semana. Nοse vαy-mοse en oo-nah sαy-mah-nah

Take care. Tenga cuidado. Tαin-gah kwee-thah-thο

Keys to Language Acquisition

# 1. Be patient with the language learning process. How long has it taken you to learn English? Remember your process of learning technical language. Take small steps and advance slowly. Understand your learning style: audio or visual.

Remember, language acquisition is a marathon, not a sprint

# 2. Engage regularly with people of your target language.

There are over 250,000 native Spanish speakers in Kansas City There are over 700 Indian families There are 5 mosques There are a variety of Buddhist temples (Vietnamese, Loatian, Chinese...)

Where can you go to engage people of your target language?

Religious sites and services Ethnic associations/Cultural festivities Ethnic restaurants Language classes English as a second language (ESL) Volunteer as an English teacher

Remember: Language learning is a social activity, not an academic pursuit.



# 3. Make cultural fluency your goal.

Language is a product of culture. Language reflects culture in every point.

Study their history Read about their current situation. Dialogue with an insider about their current challenges Take a vacation in a country where the language is spoken and make arrangements

to stay with a family rather than hotels

Remember: Language and culture are inseparable.

# 4. Use it or lose it. Remember your brain is like a muscle, it needs to be excercised. Use a phrase 100 times and you will retain it for life. Whatever you do not use will be lost.

Therefore: Focus on specific terminology you know you will use. Repeat those phrases to as many people as you can on a daily basis.

Remember: You don’t have to be fluent to speak a foreign language.

# 5. Attack the verbs. Study the verb patterns of the language. Learn simple conjugations. Learn how to speak in simple present, past and future forms.

The Three Verb Families of Spanish: AR, ER, IR Past - Present – Future of Abrir (to open) I opened the clinic yesterday. Yo abrí la clínica ayer. I open the clinic at 9 o’clock. Yo abro la clinica a las nueve. I am going to open the clinic tomorrow. Voy a abrir la clínica mañana.

Remember: Without verbs you will talk like Tarzan.



# 6. Avoid false expectations for yourself.

The Five Levels of Language Acquisition

Remember, all beginners start at level 1.

____________________________________________________________________________________

Level 5: Total Fluency You speak like a native

You use idiomatic expressions You understand every spoken word You can read and write on an adult level

Level 4: High Fluency You can express yourself clearly

You understand the context of every conversation You can read and write above a high school level

Level 3: Low Fluency, High Acquisition You can express yourself in most conversations You can understand what is spoken to you directly You can read and write on a high school level

Level 2: No Fluency, Low Acquisition You can express simple concepts and phrases

You understand little of what is not spoken to you directly You may not be able to read and write

Level 1: Minimal Acquisition You know a collection of phrases

You can construct elementary sentences You can understand only what is spoken to you directly and slowly

You cannot read or write



Where do you go from here?

# 1. Set realistic goals. Build your vocabulary: You will want to start adding words to your vocabulary that reflect your work or areas of interest.

Memorize and use a number of phrases a week: Remember to emphasis phrases over memorizing a list of words. When you add a new noun to your vocabulary, practice using it with a verb and make a short phrase. Do the same when learning a new verb.

Choose a new verb a week: Highlight one verb each week. Learn to use it in all its persons in the present tense. Then practice using it in the past tense.

Remember:If you aim at nothing you will hit it everytime

# 2. Find proper support.

Make a friend who speaks the language you want to learn. - someone who is trying to learn English - someone you will have frequent contact with Take classes in the targeted language Hire a tutor - a commited time frame. - money makes the transition professional. Ways to ask for help:

Excuse me. Discúlpe. (Dee-skool

-pαy.)

Can you help me? ¿Puede ayudarme? (Pwαy-they ah-you-dar

-mαy?)

I am learning Spanish. Estoy aprendiendo español. (Es-stοy ah-pren-dee-en-dο es-spahn-yοle

.)

I need to practice with someone. Yo necesito practicar con alguien. (Yο neh-sαy-see-tο prahk-tee-car cοn ahl

-gee-en.)

Can I ask you some questions? ¿Puedo hacerle unas preguntas? (Pwαy-thο ah-sαir-lαy oo-nahs prαy-goon

-tahs?)

Please correct me if I am wrong. Corríjame por favor si estoy equivocado. (Cο-ree-hah-mαy pοr fah-vοr see es-stοy Α-kεy-vο-cah

-thο.)

Thanks so much. Muchas gracias. (Moo-chahs grah

-see-ahs.)

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