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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [aštuoniasdešimt]

Būdvardžiai 3

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She has a dog. Ji -u-i ----. J_ t___ š____ J- t-r- š-n-. ------------- Ji turi šunį. 0
The dog is big. Šuo -yra) d-d-lis. Š__ (____ d_______ Š-o (-r-) d-d-l-s- ------------------ Šuo (yra) didelis. 0
She has a big dog. J- --ri didelį š---. J_ t___ d_____ š____ J- t-r- d-d-l- š-n-. -------------------- Ji turi didelį šunį. 0
She has a house. J- tu-----mą. J_ t___ n____ J- t-r- n-m-. ------------- Ji turi namą. 0
The house is small. N--a- -y--- ma-a-. N____ (____ m_____ N-m-s (-r-) m-ž-s- ------------------ Namas (yra) mažas. 0
She has a small house. J- t-r- -až- ---ą. J_ t___ m___ n____ J- t-r- m-ž- n-m-. ------------------ Ji turi mažą namą. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Ji---yv--a--ie-b--y-e. J__ g_____ v__________ J-s g-v-n- v-e-b-t-j-. ---------------------- Jis gyvena viešbutyje. 0
The hotel is cheap. V-----t-s ---------u-. V________ (____ p_____ V-e-b-t-s (-r-) p-g-s- ---------------------- Viešbutis (yra) pigus. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. J-s---v-n---i-iame ---šb--y-e. J__ g_____ p______ v__________ J-s g-v-n- p-g-a-e v-e-b-t-j-. ------------------------------ Jis gyvena pigiame viešbutyje. 0
He has a car. J-s t-ri a-t-mo-il-. J__ t___ a__________ J-s t-r- a-t-m-b-l-. -------------------- Jis turi automobilį. 0
The car is expensive. A-tom-----s -y----brangu-. A__________ (____ b_______ A-t-m-b-l-s (-r-) b-a-g-s- -------------------------- Automobilis (yra) brangus. 0
He has an expensive car. Ji---u-i----ngų -utomo---į. J__ t___ b_____ a__________ J-s t-r- b-a-g- a-t-m-b-l-. --------------------------- Jis turi brangų automobilį. 0
He reads a novel. J-s---ai-o --m---. J__ s_____ r______ J-s s-a-t- r-m-n-. ------------------ Jis skaito romaną. 0
The novel is boring. Ro--na---yra) nu--o-us. R______ (____ n________ R-m-n-s (-r-) n-o-o-u-. ----------------------- Romanas (yra) nuobodus. 0
He is reading a boring novel. J-s s--i-o-n--b--ų----a-ą. J__ s_____ n______ r______ J-s s-a-t- n-o-o-ų r-m-n-. -------------------------- Jis skaito nuobodų romaną. 0
She is watching a movie. J---iūr- fil--. J_ ž____ f_____ J- ž-ū-i f-l-ą- --------------- Ji žiūri filmą. 0
The movie is exciting. F-l--s---r-) -dom--. F_____ (____ į______ F-l-a- (-r-) į-o-u-. -------------------- Filmas (yra) įdomus. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. J- ---ri---o-ų -----. J_ ž____ į____ f_____ J- ž-ū-i į-o-ų f-l-ą- --------------------- Ji žiūri įdomų filmą. 0

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