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Words to remember: relatives (4 minutes)
el marido la mujer Familiarize yourself with these words. Read them aloud
el mareedoh lah moo-hair several times and try to memorize them. Conceal the
husband wife Spanish with the cover flap and test yourself.
father/mother-in-law el suegro/la suegra
el swegroh/lah groh/lah swegroh/lah swe swegrahgrahwegrahwe
s s
stepfather el padrastro
el padras-troh
stepmother la madrastra
lah madras-trah
children (male/female) los niños/las niñas
los neenyos/las neenyas
uncle/aunt el tío/la tía
el tee-oh/lah tee-ah
cousin el primo/la prima
el preepreemoh/lah preepreemah

I have four children. Tengo cuatro niños.
tengoh goh kwatroh neenyosyosneenyosneen
Estoy casado/-a. I have two stepdaughters Tengo dos hijastras
estoytoy katoy katoy sadoh/-ah and a stepson. y un hijastro.
I’m married (m/f). tengoh dos ee-goh dos ee-hastras
ee oon ee-hastroh

Words to remember: numbers (3 minutes)

Memorize these words and then one uno/-a
test yourself using the cover flap. oonoh/-ah
Be careful when you use the two dos
number one. When you use uno dos
in front of a word, it changes to three tres
un or unaor unaor , depending on whether tres
that word is masculine or feminine. cuatro
For example: Tengo un hijo four kwatroh
(I have one son), Tengo una hija
(I have one daughter).I have one daughter).I have one daughter five cinco
theenkoh
six seis
seys
seven siete
s syeyetay
Say it (2minutes)
eight ocho
I have five sons. ochoh
I have three sisters and a brother. nine nueve
nwebay
I have two children.
ten diez
dy dyeth