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em Big – small   »   tl malaki maliit

68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [animnapu’t walo]

malaki maliit

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big and small ma--k------a---t m_____ a_ m_____ m-l-k- a- m-l-i- ---------------- malaki at maliit 0
The elephant is big. Mal--i an---l---n-e. M_____ a__ e________ M-l-k- a-g e-e-a-t-. -------------------- Malaki ang elepante. 0
The mouse is small. M-l-it an--d---. M_____ a__ d____ M-l-i- a-g d-g-. ---------------- Maliit ang daga. 0
dark and bright madi--m--t-ma---an-g m______ a_ m________ m-d-l-m a- m-l-w-n-g -------------------- madilim at maliwanag 0
The night is dark. M-d-lim a----a--. M______ a__ g____ M-d-l-m a-g g-b-. ----------------- Madilim ang gabi. 0
The day is bright. Ang a-aw--- --l-w-n--. A__ a___ a_ m_________ A-g a-a- a- m-l-w-n-g- ---------------------- Ang araw ay maliwanag. 0
old and young m--and---t---ta m______ a_ b___ m-t-n-a a- b-t- --------------- matanda at bata 0
Our grandfather is very old. Nap-k---n-a ----g---lo----i-. N__________ n_ n_ l___ n_____ N-p-k-t-n-a n- n- l-l- n-m-n- ----------------------------- Napakatanda na ng lolo namin. 0
70 years ago he was still young. 70-t--n--a---g --ka--an-nung ---a-p- s--a. 7_ t___ n_ a__ n_______ n___ b___ p_ s____ 7- t-o- n- a-g n-k-r-a- n-n- b-t- p- s-y-. ------------------------------------------ 70 taon na ang nakaraan nung bata pa siya. 0
beautiful and ugly m-g-n-a ---pa--it m______ a_ p_____ m-g-n-a a- p-n-i- ----------------- maganda at pangit 0
The butterfly is beautiful. A-g--a--a n- -aru--ar-. A__ g____ n_ p_________ A-g g-n-a n- p-r---a-o- ----------------------- Ang ganda ng paru-paro. 0
The spider is ugly. A-g--ag--ba----p-ng-t. A__ g______ a_ p______ A-g g-g-m-a a- p-n-i-. ---------------------- Ang gagamba ay pangit. 0
fat and thin m-t-b- at---y-t m_____ a_ p____ m-t-b- a- p-y-t --------------- mataba at payat 0
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. An- -abae-g --- bi-at ----00 -ilo a- m-t-b-. A__ b______ m__ b____ n_ 1__ k___ a_ m______ A-g b-b-e-g m-y b-g-t n- 1-0 k-l- a- m-t-b-. -------------------------------------------- Ang babaeng may bigat na 100 kilo ay mataba. 0
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. Ang------i-- -a--bi--t -a--0 -i-o ay---y-t. A__ l_______ m__ b____ n_ 5_ k___ a_ p_____ A-g l-l-k-n- m-y b-g-t n- 5- k-l- a- p-y-t- ------------------------------------------- Ang lalaking may bigat na 50 kilo ay payat. 0
expensive and cheap m--a- -t m--a m____ a_ m___ m-h-l a- m-r- ------------- mahal at mura 0
The car is expensive. Ma-a---ng --t-e. M____ a__ k_____ M-h-l a-g k-t-e- ---------------- Mahal ang kotse. 0
The newspaper is cheap. Mu-a ang -y-ry-. M___ a__ d______ M-r- a-g d-a-y-. ---------------- Mura ang dyaryo. 0

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Code-switching

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