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Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

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Adjectius 3

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She has a dog. El-a-t-----gos. E___ t_ u_ g___ E-l- t- u- g-s- --------------- Ella té un gos. 0
The dog is big. E- gos -s gr-n. E_ g__ é_ g____ E- g-s é- g-a-. --------------- El gos és gran. 0
She has a big dog. T---- ----g-a-. T_ u_ g__ g____ T- u- g-s g-a-. --------------- Té un gos gran. 0
She has a house. E--- -é--n- ca--. E___ t_ u__ c____ E-l- t- u-a c-s-. ----------------- Ella té una casa. 0
The house is small. L- ---a -s -e----. L_ c___ é_ p______ L- c-s- é- p-t-t-. ------------------ La casa és petita. 0
She has a small house. T--una---sa-petita. T_ u__ c___ p______ T- u-a c-s- p-t-t-. ------------------- Té una casa petita. 0
He is staying in a hotel. E-l vi- -n u--ho-el. E__ v__ e_ u_ h_____ E-l v-u e- u- h-t-l- -------------------- Ell viu en un hotel. 0
The hotel is cheap. L’hotel-é- bar--. L______ é_ b_____ L-h-t-l é- b-r-t- ----------------- L’hotel és barat. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. E-l-s--l-otja ------ho--l b----. E__ s________ e_ u_ h____ b_____ E-l s-a-l-t-a e- u- h-t-l b-r-t- -------------------------------- Ell s’allotja en un hotel barat. 0
He has a car. Ell -é-un---txe. E__ t_ u_ c_____ E-l t- u- c-t-e- ---------------- Ell té un cotxe. 0
The car is expensive. E--cot-e -s c--. E_ c____ é_ c___ E- c-t-e é- c-r- ---------------- El cotxe és car. 0
He has an expensive car. Té-u--c-t-e----. T_ u_ c____ c___ T- u- c-t-e c-r- ---------------- Té un cotxe car. 0
He reads a novel. El- -----ix--na n---l•l-. E__ l______ u__ n________ E-l l-e-e-x u-a n-v-l-l-. ------------------------- Ell llegeix una novel•la. 0
The novel is boring. La--o--l-la é- -----i-a. L_ n_______ é_ a________ L- n-v-l-l- é- a-o-r-d-. ------------------------ La novel•la és avorrida. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Lle-eix--n- -ovel--a---o--i-a. L______ u__ n_______ a________ L-e-e-x u-a n-v-l-l- a-o-r-d-. ------------------------------ Llegeix una novel•la avorrida. 0
She is watching a movie. E--- mira---a pel•---ula. E___ m___ u__ p__________ E-l- m-r- u-a p-l-l-c-l-. ------------------------- Ella mira una pel•lícula. 0
The movie is exciting. La -el--ícul---s---oci-na--. L_ p_________ é_ e__________ L- p-l-l-c-l- é- e-o-i-n-n-. ---------------------------- La pel•lícula és emocionant. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. E--a-mi---u----el--í-u-- -moci--an-. E___ m___ u__ p_________ e__________ E-l- m-r- u-a p-l-l-c-l- e-o-i-n-n-. ------------------------------------ Ella mira una pel•lícula emocionant. 0

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