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Spanish for veterinarians : a practical introduction / Bonnie Frederick, Juan Mosqueda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frederick, Bonnie.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- 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:
- 1 online resource (xi, 133 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Spanish for Veterinarians: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition is designed to help you rapidly learn a working Spanish for clinical conversations. The presentation of the language is not traditional-explanations are written for veterinarians, not grammarians, so you won't find conditional verbs or terms such as "pluperfect." Here's what you will find: A pronunciation guide and explanations of how to conjugate verbs, Basic conversations concerning veterinary medicine, Ample vocabulary lists for animals, body parts, and diseases, Cultural discussions on the role of animals in Hispanic American and on how to handle introductions and small talk, Vocabulary for obtaining information for the clinical history and the diagnostic exam, Chapters on specific animals, including a new chapter on exotics, Vocabulary for check-in forms, An English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English dictionary of practical veterinary terms alphabetized together. This new edition is a lively presentation of the Spanish that working vets increasingly need to know.
- Contents:
- Pronunciation of Spanish 3
- Nouns and Plurals 5
- Articles and Plurals 6
- Names of Animals 6
- Chapter 2 The Body and How to Describe It 11
- Adjectives 11
- External Body Parts 14
- Internal Organs 15
- Chapter 3 Verbs: Where the Action Is 19
- Regular Verbs 19
- Weak-Kneed Verbs 22
- Chapter 4 Irregular Verbs 25
- Four Essential Irregular Verbs: tener, estar, ser, and ir 25
- World's Simplest Verb: hay 32
- Chapter 5 How Long Has the Cow Had a Fever? 33
- Duration of Time 33
- The Present Perfect 34
- The Verb dar 36
- Feeding Vocabulary 37
- Chapter 6 The Past and Accidents 41
- Past Time Verbs 41
- Accidents 46
- Chapter 7 Telling People What to Do 49
- Verbal Shorthand 49
- Giving Commands 50
- Giving Something to Somebody 53
- Polite Suggestions 54
- Chapter 8 Taking a Clinical History 57
- Chapter 9 The Diagnostic Exam 61
- Chapter 10 Cattle 67
- Special Vocabulary 68
- Illnesses 69
- Chapter 11 Horses 75
- Special Vocabulary 76
- Illnesses 76
- Chapter 12 Sheep and Goats 79
- Special Vocabulary 79
- Illnesses 80
- Chapter 13 Swine 83
- Special Vocabulary 83
- Illnesses 84
- Chapter 14 Dogs and Cats 87
- Special Vocabulary 87
- Illnesses 89
- Chapter 15 Exotic Pets 93
- Special Vocabulary 93
- Appendix Registration Forms 99.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Spanish for veterinarians.
- ISBN:
- 0813806437
- 9780813806433
- Publisher Number:
- 99950092468
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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