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en Big – small   »   sl velik – majhen

68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [oseminšestdeset]

velik – majhen

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big and small ve--k-i--ma-h-n v____ i_ m_____ v-l-k i- m-j-e- --------------- velik in majhen 0
The elephant is big. S--- -e ---i-. S___ j_ v_____ S-o- j- v-l-k- -------------- Slon je velik. 0
The mouse is small. Miš-j- ---h-a. M__ j_ m______ M-š j- m-j-n-. -------------- Miš je majhna. 0
dark and bright t--e- ---s----l t____ i_ s_____ t-m-n i- s-e-e- --------------- temen in svetel 0
The night is dark. N-- je te---. N__ j_ t_____ N-č j- t-m-a- ------------- Noč je temna. 0
The day is bright. Dan-j--svet--. D__ j_ s______ D-n j- s-e-e-. -------------- Dan je svetel. 0
old and young s--r-i---l-d s___ i_ m___ s-a- i- m-a- ------------ star in mlad 0
Our grandfather is very old. N-š d--ek -- -e---s-a-. N__ d____ j_ z___ s____ N-š d-d-k j- z-l- s-a-. ----------------------- Naš dedek je zelo star. 0
70 years ago he was still young. Pr----ed-mdese-----le----e bil--e m---. P___ s____________ l___ j_ b__ š_ m____ P-e- s-d-m-e-e-i-i l-t- j- b-l š- m-a-. --------------------------------------- Pred sedemdesetimi leti je bil še mlad. 0
beautiful and ugly l-p -- --d l__ i_ g__ l-p i- g-d ---------- lep in grd 0
The butterfly is beautiful. M--ul-----l-p. M_____ j_ l___ M-t-l- j- l-p- -------------- Metulj je lep. 0
The spider is ugly. Pajek-je -r-. P____ j_ g___ P-j-k j- g-d- ------------- Pajek je grd. 0
fat and thin de--l -n---h d____ i_ s__ d-b-l i- s-h ------------ debel in suh 0
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. Že---a-s--t---il-mi -- d-b-l-. Ž_____ s s__ k_____ j_ d______ Ž-n-k- s s-o k-l-m- j- d-b-l-. ------------------------------ Ženska s sto kilami je debela. 0
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. Mo--- - -0--p-----etimi- k--am- je--uh. M____ s 5_ (____________ k_____ j_ s___ M-š-i s 5- (-e-d-s-t-m-) k-l-m- j- s-h- --------------------------------------- Moški s 50 (petdesetimi) kilami je suh. 0
expensive and cheap d-ag-in-p--e-i d___ i_ p_____ d-a- i- p-c-n- -------------- drag in poceni 0
The car is expensive. Av---j--d-ag. A___ j_ d____ A-t- j- d-a-. ------------- Avto je drag. 0
The newspaper is cheap. Časopi--je---ce-i. Č______ j_ p______ Č-s-p-s j- p-c-n-. ------------------ Časopis je poceni. 0

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Code-switching

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