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Fruits and food

Fruits and food

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Hedelmiä ja elintarvikkeita

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I have a strawberry. Min-l---o--m-n-ikka. M______ o_ m________ M-n-l-a o- m-n-i-k-. -------------------- Minulla on mansikka. 0
I have a kiwi and a melon. M---ll---n----v--ja m----i. M______ o_ k____ j_ m______ M-n-l-a o- k-i-i j- m-l-n-. --------------------------- Minulla on kiivi ja meloni. 0
I have an orange and a grapefruit. M-n-ll- ---a------ini-ja -re---i. M______ o_ a_________ j_ g_______ M-n-l-a o- a-p-l-i-n- j- g-e-p-i- --------------------------------- Minulla on appelsiini ja greippi. 0
I have an apple and a mango. M-nul-a o---m-na--a mango. M______ o_ o____ j_ m_____ M-n-l-a o- o-e-a j- m-n-o- -------------------------- Minulla on omena ja mango. 0
I have a banana and a pineapple. M-nu-la on---n-ani -a--nana-. M______ o_ b______ j_ a______ M-n-l-a o- b-n-a-i j- a-a-a-. ----------------------------- Minulla on banaani ja ananas. 0
I am making a fruit salad. M-nä-t-e------l-äsa-aatti-. M___ t___ h________________ M-n- t-e- h-d-l-ä-a-a-t-i-. --------------------------- Minä teen hedelmäsalaattia. 0
I am eating toast. M-----yön p--ht--e-p-ä. M___ s___ p____________ M-n- s-ö- p-a-t-l-i-ä-. ----------------------- Minä syön paahtoleipää. 0
I am eating toast with butter. M--ä-sy----a---o---vän -oi--ka-s--. M___ s___ p___________ v___ k______ M-n- s-ö- p-a-t-l-i-ä- v-i- k-n-s-. ----------------------------------- Minä syön paahtoleivän voin kanssa. 0
I am eating toast with butter and jam. M--ä-s-ön------oleiv-n vo-n -a hi-l---k-ns-a. M___ s___ p___________ v___ j_ h_____ k______ M-n- s-ö- p-a-t-l-i-ä- v-i- j- h-l-o- k-n-s-. --------------------------------------------- Minä syön paahtoleivän voin ja hillon kanssa. 0
I am eating a sandwich. Min--s--- k-r-o-----ei-än. M___ s___ k_______________ M-n- s-ö- k-r-o-v-i-e-v-n- -------------------------- Minä syön kerrosvoileivän. 0
I am eating a sandwich with margarine. M-nä ---n --r--svoi-e-----v-i--kanss-. M___ s___ k______________ v___ k______ M-n- s-ö- k-r-o-v-i-e-v-n v-i- k-n-s-. -------------------------------------- Minä syön kerrosvoileivän voin kanssa. 0
I am eating a sandwich with margarine and tomatoes. M-n- --ön k--ro-v-i---vä- v-i- -----maati--kans-a. M___ s___ k______________ v___ j_ t_______ k______ M-n- s-ö- k-r-o-v-i-e-v-n v-i- j- t-m-a-i- k-n-s-. -------------------------------------------------- Minä syön kerrosvoileivän voin ja tomaatin kanssa. 0
We need bread and rice. M---arvitse-m---ei-ää----r--siä. M_ t__________ l_____ j_ r______ M- t-r-i-s-m-e l-i-ä- j- r-i-i-. -------------------------------- Me tarvitsemme leipää ja riisiä. 0
We need fish and steaks. Me--ar-i--e-----alaa-j- --hv-j-. M_ t__________ k____ j_ p_______ M- t-r-i-s-m-e k-l-a j- p-h-e-ä- -------------------------------- Me tarvitsemme kalaa ja pihvejä. 0
We need pizza and spaghetti. Me--arvitse--- pit----ja-s---et--a. M_ t__________ p_____ j_ s_________ M- t-r-i-s-m-e p-t-a- j- s-a-e-t-a- ----------------------------------- Me tarvitsemme pitsaa ja spagettia. 0
What else do we need? Mitä-m---i--- ta--i------? M___ m_ v____ t___________ M-t- m- v-e-ä t-r-i-s-m-e- -------------------------- Mitä me vielä tarvitsemme? 0
We need carrots and tomatoes for the soup. Me-t-------mme p-r---n--ta--- t-m---t-j--ke-t----var---. M_ t__________ p__________ j_ t_________ k______ v______ M- t-r-i-s-m-e p-r-k-n-i-a j- t-m-a-t-j- k-i-t-a v-r-e-. -------------------------------------------------------- Me tarvitsemme porkkanoita ja tomaatteja keittoa varten. 0
Where is the supermarket? Mi--- o--s-pe-ma-k--t-? M____ o_ s_____________ M-s-ä o- s-p-r-a-k-t-i- ----------------------- Missä on supermarketti? 0

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