This episode is with Un Cuento De Dos Higienistas host Amber Lovatos. In this episode Amber provides Spanish rules for the listener as well as some Spanish phrases and resources.
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Masculine & Feminine Rules
- Exceptions: -Nouns ending in -a, -ción,-sión, -ía, -za, -itis, or -dad are usually feminine:
Ends in o - Exceptions: Nouns ending in -o, an accented vowel, -or, or -aje are usually masculine. Nouns of Greek origin ending in -a, often -ma, are nearly always masculine.
Plural= Las (lahs)
Masculine
Plural= Los (lohs)
Plural for group of people
- Use when "the" is used in English
Use when "the" is NOT used BUT we are talking in general when talking about people, animals and things in a general way - “I like teeth”= “Me gustan los dientes”
“La gingivitis es una enfermedad”= “Gingivitis is a disease that..”
“Tienes gingivitis”= “You have gingivitis.”
When talking about parts of the body-you do not use “my”, “your”, “his” and so on as you would in English.
- Do you have a broken tooth?
¿Tienes un diente quebrado ?
Un (oon) = a
Diente (dyehn-teh)=Tooth
Quebrado (keh-brah-doh)= Broken
How to say “you” in Spanish
- Tu (tuh) & vos (bohs) is an informal way of saying “you”
Usted (oos-tehd) is formal way of saying “you”
Su (soo) is a formal way of saying “your”
Open= Abre (ah-breh)
Completely= Completamente (kohm-pleh-tah-mehn-teh)
Large/Big= Grande (grahn-deh)
- “Traga” is an aggressive term and should be avoided
Instead use, “Pass your saliva, please.” = “Pase su saliva, porfavor.”
- Periodoncista (peh-ryoh-dohn-sys-tah)
Periodoncia (peh-ryoh-dohn-syah)
Dental Hygiene Words in Spanish
- Dental cleaning= limpieza (leem-pyeh-sa) dental (dehn-tuhl)
Dental Prophylaxis= profilaxis (proh-fee-lahk-see) dental (dehn-tuhl)
SRP= raspado (rrahs-pah-doh) y (ee) alisado (ah-lee-sah-doh) radicular
Deep cleaning= limpieza (leem-pyeh-sah) profunda (proh-foon-doh)
Educate your patient on the word you are using
- Dental hygienists= higienista dental (dehn-tuhl)
Dental assistant= asistente (ah-sees-tehn-teh) dental (dehn-tuhl)
Dentista= dentista (dehn-tees-tah) odontologo/a (oh-dohn-toh-loh-goh) (oh-dohn-toh-loh-gah)
Solo poquito Espanol = Only little bit Spanish
Poquito (poh-kee-toh)= little bit
Español (ehs-pah-nyohl)= Spanish
Lento por favor = Slower please
Por favor (pohr fah-bohr)= please
“It is okay to make mistakes”
“Your patients will appreciate the attempt”
“There are different Spanish dialects”
“Try. Attempt the language. Practice with your patients”
