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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

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80 [ochenta]

Adjetivos 3

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She has a dog. E--a t-ene-un--e-r-. E--- t---- u- p----- E-l- t-e-e u- p-r-o- -------------------- Ella tiene un perro.
The dog is big. E- pe-----s -ra-de. E- p---- e- g------ E- p-r-o e- g-a-d-. ------------------- El perro es grande.
She has a big dog. E--a tiene -n pe--o-g--nd-. E--- t---- u- p---- g------ E-l- t-e-e u- p-r-o g-a-d-. --------------------------- Ella tiene un perro grande.
She has a house. E--a t--ne ----c-s-. E--- t---- u-- c---- E-l- t-e-e u-a c-s-. -------------------- Ella tiene una casa.
The house is small. La ---a es pe-ueñ-. L- c--- e- p------- L- c-s- e- p-q-e-a- ------------------- La casa es pequeña.
She has a small house. E--a---en- un- ---a--e--eña. E--- t---- u-- c--- p------- E-l- t-e-e u-a c-s- p-q-e-a- ---------------------------- Ella tiene una casa pequeña.
He is staying in a hotel. É- s--e-t--alo--nd--e- u----t-l. É- s- e--- a------- e- u- h----- É- s- e-t- a-o-a-d- e- u- h-t-l- -------------------------------- Él se está alojando en un hotel.
The hotel is cheap. E------- -- bara--. E- h---- e- b------ E- h-t-l e- b-r-t-. ------------------- El hotel es barato.
He is staying in a cheap hotel. Él-s---s-á----j--do -n u- -otel -a-ato. É- s- e--- a------- e- u- h---- b------ É- s- e-t- a-o-a-d- e- u- h-t-l b-r-t-. --------------------------------------- Él se está alojando en un hotel barato.
He has a car. É---i------ coc-e. É- t---- u- c----- É- t-e-e u- c-c-e- ------------------ Él tiene un coche.
The car is expensive. El -o-h--es --r-. E- c---- e- c---- E- c-c-e e- c-r-. ----------------- El coche es caro.
He has an expensive car. Él--i-n- -n coc-e ca-o. É- t---- u- c---- c---- É- t-e-e u- c-c-e c-r-. ----------------------- Él tiene un coche caro.
He reads a novel. É----e -na--ovel-. É- l-- u-- n------ É- l-e u-a n-v-l-. ------------------ Él lee una novela.
The novel is boring. L- n--el- -s ab--rid-. L- n----- e- a-------- L- n-v-l- e- a-u-r-d-. ---------------------- La novela es aburrida.
He is reading a boring novel. É--l-e -na novela a----id-. É- l-- u-- n----- a-------- É- l-e u-a n-v-l- a-u-r-d-. --------------------------- Él lee una novela aburrida.
She is watching a movie. E-l------ v-e----u------í---a. E--- e--- v----- u-- p-------- E-l- e-t- v-e-d- u-a p-l-c-l-. ------------------------------ Ella está viendo una película.
The movie is exciting. L- p--í--la-es-in--r-----e. L- p------- e- i----------- L- p-l-c-l- e- i-t-r-s-n-e- --------------------------- La película es interesante.
She is watching an exciting movie. Ella -st--vie-d- -na-películ- i-t--esa-t-. E--- e--- v----- u-- p------- i----------- E-l- e-t- v-e-d- u-a p-l-c-l- i-t-r-s-n-e- ------------------------------------------ Ella está viendo una película interesante.

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