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Spanish for veterinarians : a practical introduction / Bonnie Frederick, Juan Mosqueda, and Sandra García Angeles.
LIBRA PC4120.M3 F74 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederick, Bonnie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish language--Conversation and phrase books (for medical personnel).
- Spanish language.
- Genre:
- Conversation and phrase books -- for medical personnel.
- Phrase books.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 130 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ames, IA : Iowa State University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This introduction to Spanish for veterinary medicine is not intended to make the user a fluent speaker of Spanish. Instead, it is designed to prepare veterinarians for clinical conversations in Spanish with clients. After studying these chapters, the user will not be able to argue politics or discuss poetry, but will be able to ask what the animal's symptoms are and how long the animal has had the problem. The user will also be able to understand the gist of the client's answers to questions.
- This handy manual aims to present the basics of the Spanish language as a working veterinarian needs to know them, thus, many elements of the formal language are not included. The goal is clarity and ease of understanding, not purity. Each chapter contains exercises to increase familiarity and fluency.
- The first chapters introduce pronunciation, vocabulary, and how verb forms are conjugated. The middle chapters discuss topics on personal interaction, such as listening for key phrases, giving commands, polite suggestions, taking clinical histories, the diagnostic exams, and more. The last chapters present special vocabulary about illnesses of cattle, horses, sheep and goats, swine, and cats and dogs.
- The book concludes with an answer key, and an English/Spanish dictionary.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Getting Started with Sounds and Nouns 3
- Pronunciation of Spanish 3
- Nouns and Plurals 5
- Articles and Plurals 6
- Names of Animals 7
- Chapter 2 Descriptions and Body Parts 11
- Adjectives 11
- External Body Parts 14
- Internal Organs 15
- Surnames 18
- Chapter 3 Verbs of the Regular Sort 21
- Regular Verbs 21
- Weak-Kneed Verbs 24
- Chapter 4 More Verbs, This Time Irregular 27
- Four Essential Irregular Verbs: tener, estar, ser, ir 27
- World's Simplest Verb: hay 35
- Chapter 5 How Long Has the Cow Had a Fever? 37
- Duration of Time 37
- The Present Perfect 38
- The Verb dar 40
- Feeding Vocabulary 40
- Listening for Key Phrases 42
- Chapter 6 The Past 45
- Past Time Verbs 45
- Accidents 50
- Chapter 7 Telling People What to Do 53
- Verbal Shorthand 53
- Giving Commands 55
- Giving Something to Somebody 57
- Polite Suggestions 58
- Some Common Commands 59
- Chapter 8 Taking a Clinical History 61
- Chapter 9 The Diagnostic Exam 65
- Chapter 10 Cattle 71
- Illnesses 74
- Chapter 11 Horses 81
- Illnesses 82
- Chapter 12 Sheep and Goats 85
- Illnesses 86
- Chapter 13 Swine 89
- Illnesses 90
- Chapter 14 Dogs and Cats 93
- Illnesses 94.
- ISBN:
- 0813829542
- OCLC:
- 42921332
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