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en Big – small   »   da stor – lille

68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [otteogtres]

stor – lille

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big and small s-or--g l--le s___ o_ l____ s-o- o- l-l-e ------------- stor og lille 0
The elephant is big. Ele-a-t-n--r stor. E________ e_ s____ E-e-a-t-n e- s-o-. ------------------ Elefanten er stor. 0
The mouse is small. M-sen-er---lle. M____ e_ l_____ M-s-n e- l-l-e- --------------- Musen er lille. 0
dark and bright mørk--- -ys m___ o_ l__ m-r- o- l-s ----------- mørk og lys 0
The night is dark. N-t--- -- --rk. N_____ e_ m____ N-t-e- e- m-r-. --------------- Natten er mørk. 0
The day is bright. D--e- er-l--. D____ e_ l___ D-g-n e- l-s- ------------- Dagen er lys. 0
old and young g-m--l o- --g g_____ o_ u__ g-m-e- o- u-g ------------- gammel og ung 0
Our grandfather is very old. Vo--s-m--f-r-/ ----a- e- meg-t --m---. V____ m_____ / f_____ e_ m____ g______ V-r-s m-r-a- / f-r-a- e- m-g-t g-m-e-. -------------------------------------- Vores morfar / farfar er meget gammel. 0
70 years ago he was still young. For 70 å- -i--n-va- h-- s-a--g -n-. F__ 7_ å_ s____ v__ h__ s_____ u___ F-r 7- å- s-d-n v-r h-n s-a-i- u-g- ----------------------------------- For 70 år siden var han stadig ung. 0
beautiful and ugly s-u---g----m s___ o_ g___ s-u- o- g-i- ------------ smuk og grim 0
The butterfly is beautiful. So-merfu---- er sm--. S___________ e_ s____ S-m-e-f-g-e- e- s-u-. --------------------- Sommerfuglen er smuk. 0
The spider is ugly. E--erk----- -r--r-m. E__________ e_ g____ E-d-r-o-p-n e- g-i-. -------------------- Edderkoppen er grim. 0
fat and thin tyk--- tynd t__ o_ t___ t-k o- t-n- ----------- tyk og tynd 0
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. En---inde-på -00 kilo-e--tyk. E_ k_____ p_ 1__ k___ e_ t___ E- k-i-d- p- 1-0 k-l- e- t-k- ----------------------------- En kvinde på 100 kilo er tyk. 0
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. E------ på-50-kil--e----n-. E_ m___ p_ 5_ k___ e_ t____ E- m-n- p- 5- k-l- e- t-n-. --------------------------- En mand på 50 kilo er tynd. 0
expensive and cheap dy- -- bil--g d__ o_ b_____ d-r o- b-l-i- ------------- dyr og billig 0
The car is expensive. B---n--- -yr. B____ e_ d___ B-l-n e- d-r- ------------- Bilen er dyr. 0
The newspaper is cheap. Avise- -r----l-g. A_____ e_ b______ A-i-e- e- b-l-i-. ----------------- Avisen er billig. 0

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Code-switching

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