noveno, novena =ninth
Posesivos:
mío, mía, míos, mías =my (mine)
tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas =your, (yours)
suyo, suya, suyos, suyas =your (yours), his, her (hers), its, their (theirs)
nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras =our (ours)
mi, mis =my (mine)
tu, tus =your (yours)
su, sus =your*, (yours*), his, her (hers), its, their (theirs)
Las formas apocopadas se usan cuando preceden al nombre. =The short forms are used when they precede their nouns.
*Con frecuencia your (yours) se traduce más acertademente por de usted. =Your (yours) is often best expressed by de usted.
Concordancia de los posesivos =Agreement of Possessives
Los posesivos concuerdan en género y número con la cosa poseída y no con el poseedor. =Possessives agree in gender and number with the thing possessed, and not the possessor.
Los adjetivos posesivos, por regla general, se repiten ante cada nombre a que se refieren. =Possessive adjectives are usually repeated before each noun to which they refer.
Paticipios pasados (o pasivos) =Past Participles
Como hablado, aprendido, y vivido, se forman los participios pasados de todos los verbos regulares. =Like hablado, aprendido, and vivido are formed the past participles for all regular verbs.
Escrito, el participio pasado de escribir, es irregular. =Escrito, the past participle of escribir, is irregular.
bien =well
- bien poco =very little
- bien agarrarse =to hold on tight
- ahora bien =now then
- bien apretar =to press hard
- más bien =rather
- me doy bien cuenta =I'm perfectly aware
- pues bien =now
- qué bien =how wonderful
- si bien =although
- ya está bien =that's enough
el hermano =brother
- hermano mayor =big brother
- hermano menor, hermanito =little brother
- hermanastro =stepbrother
la hermana =sister
- hermana mayor =big sister
- hermama menor, hermanita =little sister
- hermanastra =stepsister
hermaidad =brotherhood, sisterhood
la madre =mother
- madre de alquilar =surrogate mother
- madre de patria =mother country
- madre perla =mother of pearl
- madre suégra, madre política =mother-in-law
- madre selva =honeysuckle
- ciento y la madre =everybody and their dog (lit. a hundred and the mother)
el padre =father
- padres =fathers, parents, folks
- Juan Perez, padre =Juan Perez Sr.
- un lío padre =a real mess (lit. a father mess)
- padrino =godfather, best man, second
- ser padre =to become a father
la música =music
- música de camera =chamber music
- música folklorica =folk music
el piano =piano
- piano de cola =grand piano (lit.piano of tail [from a tux])
- piano vertical =upright piano
- banqueta de piano =piano bench
- espineta =spinet
- pianola =player piano
todovía =still, as yet, yet
- ¿todovía has comida? =have you eaten yet?
- me dio todovía más =she gave me even more
hallar =to find
- hallarse =to be (as in to find oneself)
- hallarse en un aprieto =to be in a pickle
- hallarse mal de salud =to be in a bad way
tocar =to play, to touch, to ring (a bell), to buzz (a buzzer or doorbell), to knock, to honk, to blast (a horn), to sound, to touch on (mention)
- tocar en =to stop over in
- tocarle a uno =to be one's turn
- tocar fondo =to hit bottom
- tocadiscos =record player
tomar =to take (a pill, a prisoner, measures, a class), to administer (an oath), to take in (a dress), to hire (a maid), to drink
- tomar a pecho =to take heart
- tomar asiento =to take a seat
- tomar desprevenido =to take by surprise
- tomar el sol =to sunbathe
- tomarlo a mal =to take the wrong way
- tomar el pelo a =to make fun of, to pull someone's leg
- tomar medidas =to take measures
- tomar una decisión =to make a decision
- tomarle las medidas a alguien =to take someone's measurements
- tomarse de la mano =to hold someone's hand
- tomarse la molestia =to bother, to take the trouble to
trabajar =to work, to drive (a taxi), to be open (as a store)
- trabajar mucho, trabajar duro =to work hard
