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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [kahdeksankymmentä]

Adjektiiveja 3

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She has a dog. Hä-e--ä ----o--a. H______ o_ k_____ H-n-l-ä o- k-i-a- ----------------- Hänellä on koira. 0
The dog is big. K-i-a -n-i--. K____ o_ i___ K-i-a o- i-o- ------------- Koira on iso. 0
She has a big dog. Hä-el-ä on-i-- --i-a. H______ o_ i__ k_____ H-n-l-ä o- i-o k-i-a- --------------------- Hänellä on iso koira. 0
She has a house. H-nel-ä -n --l-. H______ o_ t____ H-n-l-ä o- t-l-. ---------------- Hänellä on talo. 0
The house is small. T--o-on p-e--. T___ o_ p_____ T-l- o- p-e-i- -------------- Talo on pieni. 0
She has a small house. H--e-l--on ----i---l-. H______ o_ p____ t____ H-n-l-ä o- p-e-i t-l-. ---------------------- Hänellä on pieni talo. 0
He is staying in a hotel. H-n a--u hote-li-sa. H__ a___ h__________ H-n a-u- h-t-l-i-s-. -------------------- Hän asuu hotellissa. 0
The hotel is cheap. H---ll--on-ha---. H______ o_ h_____ H-t-l-i o- h-l-a- ----------------- Hotelli on halpa. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. Hän--suu h-lv-ss-----el--ss-. H__ a___ h_______ h__________ H-n a-u- h-l-a-s- h-t-l-i-s-. ----------------------------- Hän asuu halvassa hotellissa. 0
He has a car. H-----ä on -u-o. H______ o_ a____ H-n-l-ä o- a-t-. ---------------- Hänellä on auto. 0
The car is expensive. A--- -- ----is. A___ o_ k______ A-t- o- k-l-i-. --------------- Auto on kallis. 0
He has an expensive car. H-nel-ä ---k--li-----o. H______ o_ k_____ a____ H-n-l-ä o- k-l-i- a-t-. ----------------------- Hänellä on kallis auto. 0
He reads a novel. H-n----e- r--aania. H__ l____ r________ H-n l-k-e r-m-a-i-. ------------------- Hän lukee romaania. 0
The novel is boring. R----n- o- -y-sä. R______ o_ t_____ R-m-a-i o- t-l-ä- ----------------- Romaani on tylsä. 0
He is reading a boring novel. H-n-luk-- -----ä r-maa--a. H__ l____ t_____ r________ H-n l-k-e t-l-ä- r-m-a-i-. -------------------------- Hän lukee tylsää romaania. 0
She is watching a movie. H-n --tsoo--l----aa. H__ k_____ e________ H-n k-t-o- e-o-u-a-. -------------------- Hän katsoo elokuvaa. 0
The movie is exciting. E-ok--a ----ä-nit--v-. E______ o_ j__________ E-o-u-a o- j-n-i-t-v-. ---------------------- Elokuva on jännittävä. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. H-- --tsoo-j------ävää elo---a-. H__ k_____ j__________ e________ H-n k-t-o- j-n-i-t-v-ä e-o-u-a-. -------------------------------- Hän katsoo jännittävää elokuvaa. 0

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