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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [kaheksakümmend]

Omadussõnad 3

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She has a dog. T-- on-k-er. T__ o_ k____ T-l o- k-e-. ------------ Tal on koer. 0
The dog is big. Se---o-r on-su--. S__ k___ o_ s____ S-e k-e- o- s-u-. ----------------- See koer on suur. 0
She has a big dog. T-l-o--su-r koer. T__ o_ s___ k____ T-l o- s-u- k-e-. ----------------- Tal on suur koer. 0
She has a house. Ta---n-m-ja. T__ o_ m____ T-l o- m-j-. ------------ Tal on maja. 0
The house is small. S-e ---------ä---. S__ m___ o_ v_____ S-e m-j- o- v-i-e- ------------------ See maja on väike. 0
She has a small house. Tal -- --ike maj-. T__ o_ v____ m____ T-l o- v-i-e m-j-. ------------------ Tal on väike maja. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Ta--la----tell--. T_ e___ h________ T- e-a- h-t-l-i-. ----------------- Ta elab hotellis. 0
The hotel is cheap. S----ot-l- on -d--. S__ h_____ o_ o____ S-e h-t-l- o- o-a-. ------------------- See hotell on odav. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. T- el-- o--vas -o----i-. T_ e___ o_____ h________ T- e-a- o-a-a- h-t-l-i-. ------------------------ Ta elab odavas hotellis. 0
He has a car. T-l--- aut-. T__ o_ a____ T-l o- a-t-. ------------ Tal on auto. 0
The car is expensive. See --t--on --lli-. S__ a___ o_ k______ S-e a-t- o- k-l-i-. ------------------- See auto on kallis. 0
He has an expensive car. T-- o- -a--is-a--o. T__ o_ k_____ a____ T-l o- k-l-i- a-t-. ------------------- Tal on kallis auto. 0
He reads a novel. Ta loe--romaa-i. T_ l___ r_______ T- l-e- r-m-a-i- ---------------- Ta loeb romaani. 0
The novel is boring. S----o-aan on -ga-. S__ r_____ o_ i____ S-e r-m-a- o- i-a-. ------------------- See romaan on igav. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Ta-lo-b igav----oma---. T_ l___ i_____ r_______ T- l-e- i-a-a- r-m-a-i- ----------------------- Ta loeb igavat romaani. 0
She is watching a movie. Ta v-a-a--fi-m-. T_ v_____ f_____ T- v-a-a- f-l-i- ---------------- Ta vaatab filmi. 0
The movie is exciting. Se--f----on-p-n--. S__ f___ o_ p_____ S-e f-l- o- p-n-v- ------------------ See film on põnev. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. T----a-a- p-n--a---il--. T_ v_____ p______ f_____ T- v-a-a- p-n-v-t f-l-i- ------------------------ Ta vaatab põnevat filmi. 0

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