Dental Spanish Club ADEA Introduction

Purpose Preparation for the Clinic We can’t teach you everything about Spanish! Learning another language takes practice We’ll teach you Words and phrases for different situations you’ll encounter in the clinic Essential grammar Pronunciation Culture!

Classes Meeting and Greeting Patients Taking a Patient Health History, Consent Forms Screening/Comprehensive Exams Prophy Taking Radiographs Talking about Oral Hygiene Useful Phrases While Patient’s in the Chair Restorative Dentistry Oral Surgery (extractions) Endodontics

Today’s class Spanish BASICS Pronunciation Gender

Pronunciation Usually, Spanish is pronounced as it is written. B/V- both sound like the b in boat, but not as strong or harsh as in english (baño, burro) C- like s in sail before e or I (cita, centavo, cinco) Like c in cat anywhere else (camisa, color, concreto) When after H (ch), like ch in chum (chile, chocolate, chorizo)

Pronunciation D- like d in dog at beginning of a word or after l or n (donde, falda, conde) Elsewhere, almost like th in “other” (boda, poder, verdad, nada, cada) F- like english f (futuro, fila, oficina)- less of a “puff” of air G- like h in hat before e or i (genioo, generoso) Like g in game anywhere else (gato, gusto, H- silent (hombre, hasta, halbar)

Pronunciation J- like English H, a little more raspy (Juan, ojo, mujer) K- English K L- like English L, but with tip of tongue touching on roof of mouth behind front teeth (el, hotel, mil) LL- like y in beyond (caballo, bello, llave) M- English m (menos, cama) N- English n (nota, nación) Ñ- like ny in canyon (mañana, Señor)

Pronunciation P- like English P, no puff of air (papel, persona, pobre) Q- like k in key (queso, que, equipo) R- like dd in ladder, “flap” of tongue (caro, para, barato, hablar) RR- tongue roll  practice! Done when r is at beginning of word or double r (rr) (perro, rojo, horrible) S- like English s (sopa, salsa, sorpresa) T- like English t, not explosive, tongue right behind teeth (torta, taco, talento)

Pronunciation W- only in foreign words X- like English x (experto, examen) Y- like y in beyond (same as LL) (papaya, ayer, yerba) Z- like s in sail (azul, brazo, luz)

Pronunciation Vowels- A- like a in father (la casa, la tapa) E- the e in café (elefante, come, que) I- the i in machine (si, cine, comida) O- the o in hope (oso, otro, doctor) U- the u in rule (uno, tu, puro) Exception: silent in gue/gui (guerra, guitarra) Y- like the spanish i Vowels are SHORT and CLEAR

Accentuation- Two basic rules: Word ends in vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or n/s, stress falls on next to last syllable mañana, triste, hablo, volumen, examen, tomates Words en in a consonant other than n or s, stress falls on last syllable salud, amidstad, papel, mujer, doctor, azul, cantar When you see a written accent, the stress falls there and breaks any rule Examples teléfono, lámparo, música, café, difícil, canción

How not to sound like a “gringo” Remember: Keep vowels clear and short Use and practice Spanish “r” and “rr”, don’t use English “r” Don’t make puffs of air when saying “p”, “f” and “t” Always pronounce “z” like the English “s” and not “z”

practice Get together in groups of 3 to 4 and practice saying the Alphabet How do you say these words (with correct stress)? Útil Casa Tropical Examen Tomates Difícil Any questions?

Gender Masculine- most words that end in “-o” and “man”, “boy” El hombre, el niño, el dormitorio, el cartero Feminine- most words that end it “-a” and “woman”, “girl” La mujer, la niña, la rosa, la guitarra For the most part you just need to memorize the gender when you learn a new word. There are some general trends However, lots of exceptions exist http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/1