Spanish Lesson June 2010 "Emergency Spanish Phrases"

For June I am reposting my February Spanish Tip. Due to the Flood I am short on time and content this month. Enjoy the Repost. This one was my most popular monthly tip so far and fitting given the Nashville Flooding.

Being in a strange country of even just an area of town that doesn’t speak your native language can be a scary situation. You can multiply that times ten when it becomes an emergency situation. 

 Below are a list of common Spanish sentences and phrases that can be helpful in an emergency situation.

• Will you help me?          ¿Me ayudas?(may eye-yoo-dahs?)
• Please Help!                        ¡Ayuda por favor!(eye-yoo-dah pohr fah-vohr!)
• What Happened?             ¿Que’ paso’?(kay pah-soh?)
• I don’t know.                       No sé .(noh say.)
• I can’t breathe.                  No puedo respirar.(noh poo-way-doh rehs-peer-ahr.)
• She needs a doctor.         Ella necista un doctor(ay-yah neh-seh-see-tah oon dok-tohr.)
• Where is a phone?           ¿Dónde hay un teléfono?(don-day eye oon tel-ay-foh-noh?)
• Where is a hospital?       ¿Dónde está el hospital?(don-day ehs-tah ehl ohs-pee-tahl?)
• I’ve just been robbed.    Alguien me robo’.(ahl-gee-ehn may ro-boh.)

Some additional words

• help                                           ayuda(eye-yoo-dah)
• health                                      la salud(lah sah-lood)
• pills                                           las pastillas(lahs pahs-tee-yahs)
• headache                                el dolor de cabeza(ehl doh-lohr dehl es-toh-mah-goh)
• stomachache                        el dolor del estómago(ehl doh-lohr dehl es-toh-mh-goh)
• cough                                        tos(tohs)
• an injury                                la herida(lah ehr-ee-dah)
• pain                                           la pena(lah pay-nah)
• infection                                 la infección(lah in fek-see-ohn)
• fever                                         la fiebre(lah fee-ay-bray)
• police                                        el policía(ehl poh-lee-see-ah)
• embassy                                  la embajada(lah em-bah-ha-dah)
• passport                                  el pasaporte(ehl pas-ah-pohr-tay)
• insurance                              el seguro(ehl say-gu-roh)
• throat                                      garganta(gahr-gahn-tah)
• blood                                         la sangre(lah sahn-gray)
• bone                                          el hueso(ehl oo-way-soh)
• body                                          el cuerpo(ehl koo-ehy-poh)
• heart                                        el corazón(ehl kor-ah-zohn)
• foot                                            pie(peeeh)
• leg                                              pierna(peeehr-nah)
• chest                                         pecho(peh-choh)
• arm                                           brazo(bvrah-soh)