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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [tamanin da daya]

bayan 1

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to write rubuta r_____ r-b-t- ------ rubuta 0
He wrote a letter. Y- --------ak-rd-. Y_ r_____ t_______ Y- r-b-t- t-k-r-a- ------------------ Ya rubuta takarda. 0
And she wrote a card. K--a-t--ru-ut- k-t-. K___ t_ r_____ k____ K-m- t- r-b-t- k-t-. -------------------- Kuma ta rubuta kati. 0
to read karanta k______ k-r-n-a ------- karanta 0
He read a magazine. Y---ar---a muja-la-. Y_ k______ m________ Y- k-r-n-a m-j-l-a-. -------------------- Ya karanta mujallar. 0
And she read a book. Kuma t-------t- l--tafi. K___ t_ k______ l_______ K-m- t- k-r-n-a l-t-a-i- ------------------------ Kuma ta karanta littafi. 0
to take dauka d____ d-u-a ----- dauka 0
He took a cigarette. Y--d---i--a--. Y_ d____ t____ Y- d-u-i t-b-. -------------- Ya dauki taba. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. Choco--t---a d-u--. C________ t_ d_____ C-o-o-a-e t- d-u-o- ------------------- Chocolate ta dauko. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. Ya ka--nc--mar-----i-c------ ta -----ce-ma-------i. Y_ k______ m____ a_____ a___ t_ k______ m__ a______ Y- k-s-n-e m-r-r a-i-c- a-m- t- k-s-n-e m-i a-i-c-. --------------------------------------------------- Ya kasance marar aminci amma ta kasance mai aminci. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. Lal-la c- -m----a---a-ala. L_____ c_ a___ t_ s_______ L-l-l- c- a-m- t- s-a-a-a- -------------------------- Lalala ce amma ta shagala. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. T--a--- -- --------a d---r--k-. T______ n_ a___ t___ d_ a______ T-l-u-i n- a-m- t-n- d- a-z-k-. ------------------------------- Talauci ne amma tana da arziki. 0
He had no money, only debts. Ba-sh---- k-di --i -a-hi. B_ s__ d_ k___ s__ b_____ B- s-i d- k-d- s-i b-s-i- ------------------------- Ba shi da kudi sai bashi. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. Ba--y----a---, ya-y- -a-hin ---. B__ y_ s__ b__ y_ y_ r_____ s___ B-i y- s-a b-, y- y- r-s-i- s-a- -------------------------------- Bai yi saa ba, ya yi rashin saa. 0
He had no success, only failure. Bai--i --sa-a --,-a--a ----as-. B__ y_ n_____ b__ a___ y_ k____ B-i y- n-s-r- b-, a-m- y- k-s-. ------------------------------- Bai yi nasara ba, amma ya kasa. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. Ba- g-m-u--- --ma -a k-sa ga-s-wa. B__ g____ b_ a___ y_ k___ g_______ B-i g-m-u b- a-m- y- k-s- g-m-u-a- ---------------------------------- Bai gamsu ba amma ya kasa gamsuwa. 0
He was not happy, but sad. B-i-ji -ad- -a, b-- -- dadi --. B__ j_ d___ b__ b__ j_ d___ b__ B-i j- d-d- b-, b-i j- d-d- b-. ------------------------------- Bai ji dadi ba, bai ji dadi ba. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. B- a--- -h-- b- - -o s-- --. B_ a s_ s___ b_ a s_ s__ b__ B- a s- s-i- b- a s- s-i b-. ---------------------------- Ba a so shi, ba a so shi ba. 0

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