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nueve =nine
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