"Mi hermana es mayor que mi hermano."
Translation:My sister is older than my brother.
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I used the word, "bigger" instead of "older" which I knew DL was expecting. I got shot down, of coutse. And I reported that my answer should hsve been accepted.
Here is what "mayor" means. Higher.
As an adjective it means, higher, largest, biggest, major, high, bigger, senior, main, elder, utmost, big, chief, adult.
As a noun it means, senior, elderly, elder, chief, capital, boss.
It has a abbreviation which is, Maj.
What I get out of all this is that mayor means, superior.
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Since we were previously taught that "mas + adjective" is the equivalent to a comparative adjective in English, it seems logical that "mas viejo" would be the same as "older". But I don't know whether this is an exception. I hope someone from a Spanish-speaking country can enlighten us.
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I know what you mean. Not great learning two words so close in sound and spelling in same module. Same issue when we learned cebolla and caballo, spelling?
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But, in spite of their spelling, "caballo" /kah-BAH-lyo/ sounds quite different than "cebolla" /seh-BOH-lya/.
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I hear "mayor": /mah-YOR/, or perhaps, /mah, JOR/
"mejor": /meh-HOR/, just a stronger "h" in "HOR".
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I would suggest doing the "slower" playback so that you can hear the sentence better if you're having trouble. Let me know if that works for you!
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This is the best thing about duolingo, most other learning programs don't allow you to fail to understand the spoken word...this does.
I try the high speed, write what my ears tell me then go slow to correct what my ears mis-heard. when I'm semi-sure I'm right, I go back to high speed until I can hear what I wrote. Works fer me.
That's similar to what I do. I initially write what I hear. However, if I'm on the fence about a certain a word and can't figure out the proper word after considering the context, (or if I haven't got any hearts left :D,) I'll listen to the slowed-down version. But it's strange, because once I've listened to the slowed-down version and figured out which word is actually being used, it's much easier to hear or recognize the sentence or word for what it is.
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Mayor also means bigger. Making it possible to select both words, they should both be evaluated as correct
I typed "my sister es older than my Brother" sure no problem i'll try to do it a fifth time, i didn't even want to finnish it.
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Neither has an accent.... mi (no accent) = my (for a singular item, m or f). Remember it is mis for multiple possessions. Mi hermano, mis hermanos
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There is something wrong with DL; t doesn't like my voice it constantly marks my vocal replies as wrong