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| A Program of The Humane Society of the United States |
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As a companion piece to our feature on outreach to Spanish-speaking communities, we offer the first class of Spanish 101, shelter-style. This material is excerpted from a new HSUS publication, Spanish Phrases for Animal Care and Control Work, which will be available for purchase in 2007.
Basic animal-related words and phrases
| The shelter |
El refugio (ehl reh-foo-hyo) |
| The shelter opens at ___________. |
El refugio abre a las ___________. (ehl reh-foo-hyo ah-breh ah lahs ___________ ) |
| I am from the Humane Society. |
Soy de la Humane Society. (soy deh lah) |
| Animal control officer |
El oficial de animales (ehl oh-fee-see-ahl deh ah-nee-mah-lehs) |
| Owner |
El dueño (ehl dweh-nyo) |
| Police |
La policía (lah poh-lee-see-ah) |
| Kennel |
La caseta para perros (lah kah-seh-tah pah-rah pehr-rohs); La jaula (lah hah-oo-lah); La perrera (lah pehr-rehr-rah) |
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