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Diego asks Alex about their family.
Possessive words like mi/mis (my) and tu/tus (your) are treated as core grammar, not vocabulary, so you'll see them explained in the Grammar section instead of the table above.
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1. Possessive Adjectives — mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus
Possessives agree in number with the noun they describe: mi (singular) becomes mis (plural). Mi hermana = my sister; mis hermanos = my brothers.
2. Tener — Talking About What You Have
You already met tener for age (Lesson 1). It's also the everyday verb for "to have" — describing family, possessions, and pets.
3. Plural Nouns & Adjective Agreement
Adjectives must match the noun in both gender and number. Menor becomes menores in the plural — just add -es (since the word ends in a consonant).
4. Comparisons with que — mayor/menor que
Que means "than" when comparing two things. Mayor que = older than; menor que = younger than. You'll study comparatives in much more depth in Lesson 26.
5. Vivir — Regular -ir Verb
Vivir ("to live") is a regular -ir verb: vivo (I live), vives (you live), vive (he/she lives), viven (they live). You'll study the full -er/-ir pattern in Lesson 9.
A. Fill in the Blank · Rellena el espacio
Fill in the blank with a word from this lesson's vocabulary.
- 1.Tengo dos y una hermana.brothers
- 2.Mi hermana es .older
- 3.Mi padre es y mi madre es doctora.engineer
- 4.Mis padres viven en otra .city
- 5.Tengo un . Se llama Max.dog
B. Multiple Choice · Opción múltiple
Choose the best answer.
- 1.How do you say "I have two brothers and one sister" in Spanish?
- 2.How do you say "My sister is older" in Spanish?
- 3.How do you say "My father is an engineer" in Spanish?
- 4.How do you say "Do they live with you?" in Spanish?
- 5.How do you say "His name is Max" in Spanish?
C. Rearrange the Sentence · Ordena la frase
Rearrange the words into a correct sentence, adding the punctuation shown in parentheses.
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D. True or False · Verdadero o falso
Based on the dialogue, mark each sentence T (true) or F (false).
- 1.Alex has two brothers and one sister.
- 2.Alex's sister is younger than Alex.
- 3.Alex's father is a doctor.
- 4.Alex's parents live in another city.
- 5.Alex's dog is named Max.
E. Matching · Empareja
Match each question on the left with the best response on the right.
F. Translation · Traducción
Translate items 1–3 into Spanish, and items 4–5 into English.
- 1.I have two brothers and one sister.
- 2.My sister is older.
- 3.Do you have a pet?
- 4.Mis padres viven en otra ciudad.
- 5.Tengo un perro. Se llama Max.
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Leaving home late
Spaniards move out later than almost anyone else in Europe. The average age has hovered around thirty for years, driven by unstable work and expensive housing rather than by preference, and it carries no embarrassment. The other side of that closeness is the abuelos: grandparents provide an enormous share of childcare, often daily, and frequently live nearby or in the same building. Families are small — Spain has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe — so the network is short on cousins while being very dense in the generations it does have.