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58 [fifty-eight]

Parts of the body

Parts of the body

58 [cinquanta-vuit]

Les parts del cos

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I am drawing a man. D---i-- -n-home. D______ u_ h____ D-b-i-o u- h-m-. ---------------- Dibuixo un home. 0
First the head. Pr--e- ----a-. P_____ e_ c___ P-i-e- e- c-p- -------------- Primer el cap. 0
The man is wearing a hat. L’---e---rta un-barre-. L_____ p____ u_ b______ L-h-m- p-r-a u- b-r-e-. ----------------------- L’home porta un barret. 0
One cannot see the hair. E-- -abe--s-no -- veu-n. E__ c______ n_ e_ v_____ E-s c-b-l-s n- e- v-u-n- ------------------------ Els cabells no es veuen. 0
One cannot see the ears either. L-s---e---- -a-poc--- v---n. L__ o______ t_____ e_ v_____ L-s o-e-l-s t-m-o- e- v-u-n- ---------------------------- Les orelles tampoc es veuen. 0
One cannot see his back either. L------n--ta--oc--- veu. L________ t_____ e_ v___ L-e-q-e-a t-m-o- e- v-u- ------------------------ L’esquena tampoc es veu. 0
I am drawing the eyes and the mouth. D-b--xo e-s-ulls-- -a boc-. D______ e__ u___ i l_ b____ D-b-i-o e-s u-l- i l- b-c-. --------------------------- Dibuixo els ulls i la boca. 0
The man is dancing and laughing. L’h--- ba--a i-riu. L_____ b____ i r___ L-h-m- b-l-a i r-u- ------------------- L’home balla i riu. 0
The man has a long nose. L’--me----un --s--lar-. L_____ t_ u_ n__ l_____ L-h-m- t- u- n-s l-a-g- ----------------------- L’home té un nas llarg. 0
He is carrying a cane in his hands. (E-l- po-t- un b--tó a ----m---. (____ p____ u_ b____ a l__ m____ (-l-) p-r-a u- b-s-ó a l-s m-n-. -------------------------------- (Ell) porta un bastó a les mans. 0
He is also wearing a scarf around his neck. T-m------ta --a b-f---a-al -o-t--t-de- ----. T____ p____ u__ b______ a_ v______ d__ c____ T-m-é p-r-a u-a b-f-n-a a- v-l-a-t d-l c-l-. -------------------------------------------- També porta una bufanda al voltant del coll. 0
It is winter and it is cold. És -’-ive-n --fa -re-. É_ l_______ i f_ f____ É- l-h-v-r- i f- f-e-. ---------------------- És l’hivern i fa fred. 0
The arms are athletic. El- --aço- -----u-cu-a--. E__ b_____ s__ m_________ E-s b-a-o- s-n m-s-u-a-s- ------------------------- Els braços són musculats. 0
The legs are also athletic. L-s--a----s---mu----o---. L__ c____ s__ m__________ L-s c-m-s s-n m-s-u-o-e-. ------------------------- Les cames són musculoses. 0
The man is made of snow. L--o-- és d----u. L_____ é_ d_ n___ L-h-m- é- d- n-u- ----------------- L’home és de neu. 0
He is neither wearing pants nor a coat. (-ll- -o-p--ta ni pa-t-lo-- n--ab-i-. (____ n_ p____ n_ p________ n_ a_____ (-l-) n- p-r-a n- p-n-a-o-s n- a-r-c- ------------------------------------- (Ell) no porta ni pantalons ni abric. 0
But the man is not freezing. P-rò -’home----té fred. P___ l_____ n_ t_ f____ P-r- l-h-m- n- t- f-e-. ----------------------- Però l’home no té fred. 0
He is a snowman. És un n-no- d- -eu. É_ u_ n____ d_ n___ É- u- n-n-t d- n-u- ------------------- És un ninot de neu. 0

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