violin
A violin is a stringed musical instrument which is played with a bow. In Spanish, you call this instrument 'violín', a common noun used in any music context.
You play the violin very well.
'Usted' is a formal or polite form for 'you', 'toca' is 'play', 'muy bien' is 'very well', 'el violín' is 'the violin'.
The violin is smaller than the guitar.
In this sentence 'el violín' is 'the violin', 'es más pequeño' is 'is smaller', 'que' is 'than', 'la guitarra' is 'the guitar'.
I play the violin.
This is a simple sentence that uses the first person singular form 'yo' with the verb 'tocar' which means 'to play' an instrument. Violín is the instrument in this case.
He is a violin virtuoso.
In this sentence, 'él' means 'he', 'es' is the third person singular of the verb 'ser' which means 'to be', 'un' is an indefinite article similar to 'a' in English, 'virtuoso del violín' is a compound noun meaning 'violin virtuoso'.
I took violin lessons.
Here we have the past tense of the verb 'tomar' which means 'to take' and 'lecciones de violín' translates to 'violin lessons'. 'Lecciones' is a noun that means 'lessons'.
The violin is a musical instrument.
This is a simple sentence where 'el' is 'the', 'violín' is 'violin', 'es' is 'is', 'un' is 'a', and 'instrumento musical' is 'musical instrument'.
The sound of the violin is soft.
'El sonido' means 'the sound', 'del' is a contraction of 'de' and 'el' which means 'of the', 'violín' is 'violin', 'es' is 'is', and 'suave' is 'soft'.
She bought a new violin.
'Ella' is 'she', 'compró' is the past tense of 'comprar' which means 'to buy', 'un violín nuevo' is 'a new violin'.
Can I play your violin?
The sentence starts with an interrogation mark as it is a question; '¿Puedo' is 'Can I', 'tocar' is 'play', 'tu' is 'your', 'violín?' is 'violin?'.
He/She is tuning his/her violin.
This sentence is in present progressive form, used to describe an ongoing action. 'Está' means 'is', 'afinando' is a gerund form of 'afinar' which means 'to tune', 'su' is a possessive adjective that stands for 'his/her'.