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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [osamdeset]

Pridjevi 3

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She has a dog. O-a -m- p-a. O__ i__ p___ O-a i-a p-a- ------------ Ona ima psa. 0
The dog is big. Pa- je v---k. P__ j_ v_____ P-s j- v-l-k- ------------- Pas je velik. 0
She has a big dog. Ona-i-a -e--k-- p-a. O__ i__ v______ p___ O-a i-a v-l-k-g p-a- -------------------- Ona ima velikog psa. 0
She has a house. O---i-- k--u. O__ i__ k____ O-a i-a k-ć-. ------------- Ona ima kuću. 0
The house is small. Kuć- ---ma--. K___ j_ m____ K-ć- j- m-l-. ------------- Kuća je mala. 0
She has a small house. Ona ima---l- kuću. O__ i__ m___ k____ O-a i-a m-l- k-ć-. ------------------ Ona ima malu kuću. 0
He is staying in a hotel. On ž--i-u--o--l-. O_ ž___ u h______ O- ž-v- u h-t-l-. ----------------- On živi u hotelu. 0
The hotel is cheap. Ho----j--j-f-in. H____ j_ j______ H-t-l j- j-f-i-. ---------------- Hotel je jeftin. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. O-----i --j-ft---m -o-e-u. O_ ž___ u j_______ h______ O- ž-v- u j-f-i-o- h-t-l-. -------------------------- On živi u jeftinom hotelu. 0
He has a car. On-i-a -u-o. O_ i__ a____ O- i-a a-t-. ------------ On ima auto. 0
The car is expensive. Au-- je sk--. A___ j_ s____ A-t- j- s-u-. ------------- Auto je skup. 0
He has an expensive car. O--i-- -kupo--u--. O_ i__ s____ a____ O- i-a s-u-o a-t-. ------------------ On ima skupo auto. 0
He reads a novel. On--i-a-roman. O_ č___ r_____ O- č-t- r-m-n- -------------- On čita roman. 0
The novel is boring. R-ma- j- d----an. R____ j_ d_______ R-m-n j- d-s-d-n- ----------------- Roman je dosadan. 0
He is reading a boring novel. On--i------a--- ---an. O_ č___ d______ r_____ O- č-t- d-s-d-n r-m-n- ---------------------- On čita dosadan roman. 0
She is watching a movie. Ona -l-----ilm. O__ g____ f____ O-a g-e-a f-l-. --------------- Ona gleda film. 0
The movie is exciting. Film--e------. F___ j_ n_____ F-l- j- n-p-t- -------------- Film je napet. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. Ona --eda ---et-f--m. O__ g____ n____ f____ O-a g-e-a n-p-t f-l-. --------------------- Ona gleda napet film. 0

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