"Mi hermana mayor vive en México."
Translation:My older sister lives in Mexico.
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It is now- obviously it has been reported and changed. Date today 15/7/18
The audio pronunciation of Mexico is incorrect. It should not sound like an english X sound in Spanish.
Actually there are more but few exceptions concerning the sound of the letter x in some proper names like Texas, Oaxaca, Ximena. In these three words the x sounds like Spanish j jota.
When I listen to the sentence I hear ‘hermano’, only when it is in the slow mode I hear ‘hermana’
Thanks, Majklo_Blic. I wonder though: how would it be phrased if there's also a possessive "mi", "tu", "su", etc., present in front of hermano/a (e.g., "My eldest/oldest sister…")? Many thanks!
Oldest sister kind of implies that you have more than one sister, so you are referring to the one who is the oldest .
So many of these are confusing me. If "hermana" is the subject, then is it or isn't it "a mi hermana…"?
"A" is only dor direct objects. Remember that the first part of the sentence with verbs like "gustar" is not the subject.
is mayor feminine and masculine? so that we say 'mi hermana mayor' and 'mi hermano mayor'?
You are correct. Yes to both questions.
For future reference, if you have a similar question, it is a good idea to use a dictionary. Spanishdict.com is an excellent resource. Here is the entry for 'mayor', you can clearly see in the examples that the form does not change for masculine or feminine words. Plural form, however, is 'mayores'.