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)
