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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [åtti]

Adjektiv 3

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She has a dog. Ho -----in--un-. H_ h__ e__ h____ H- h-r e-n h-n-. ---------------- Ho har ein hund. 0
The dog is big. Hun-en--- --or. H_____ e_ s____ H-n-e- e- s-o-. --------------- Hunden er stor. 0
She has a big dog. Ho har e----t-r -und. H_ h__ e__ s___ h____ H- h-r e-n s-o- h-n-. --------------------- Ho har ein stor hund. 0
She has a house. Ho ha--ei--hus. H_ h__ e__ h___ H- h-r e-t h-s- --------------- Ho har eit hus. 0
The house is small. Hus-- er--i-e. H____ e_ l____ H-s-t e- l-t-. -------------- Huset er lite. 0
She has a small house. H- h-- -i- -i-- h-s. H_ h__ e__ l___ h___ H- h-r e-t l-t- h-s- -------------------- Ho har eit lite hus. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Ha- bu--på ho-e-l. H__ b__ p_ h______ H-n b-r p- h-t-l-. ------------------ Han bur på hotell. 0
The hotel is cheap. Ho-ellet e- b---e-. H_______ e_ b______ H-t-l-e- e- b-l-e-. ------------------- Hotellet er billeg. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. Ha---u--p--e-- bil--- --tell. H__ b__ p_ e__ b_____ h______ H-n b-r p- e-t b-l-e- h-t-l-. ----------------------------- Han bur på eit billeg hotell. 0
He has a car. H-n -----i---il. H__ h__ e__ b___ H-n h-r e-n b-l- ---------------- Han har ein bil. 0
The car is expensive. Bi-en -- dyr. B____ e_ d___ B-l-n e- d-r- ------------- Bilen er dyr. 0
He has an expensive car. Ha- h-- --n --- --l. H__ h__ e__ d__ b___ H-n h-r e-n d-r b-l- -------------------- Han har ein dyr bil. 0
He reads a novel. H-n-l------ ---an. H__ l__ e__ r_____ H-n l-s e-n r-m-n- ------------------ Han les ein roman. 0
The novel is boring. R--ane- e--k-isa-. R______ e_ k______ R-m-n-n e- k-i-a-. ------------------ Romanen er keisam. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Ha--l-- -i- --i-a- -o---. H__ l__ e__ k_____ r_____ H-n l-s e-n k-i-a- r-m-n- ------------------------- Han les ein keisam roman. 0
She is watching a movie. Ho s-- -- --- fi-m. H_ s__ p_ e__ f____ H- s-r p- e-n f-l-. ------------------- Ho ser på ein film. 0
The movie is exciting. F----n er---en---de. F_____ e_ s_________ F-l-e- e- s-e-n-n-e- -------------------- Filmen er spennande. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. Ho -e- ------ s-----n-- -i--. H_ s__ p_ e__ s________ f____ H- s-r p- e-n s-e-n-n-e f-l-. ----------------------------- Ho ser på ein spennande film. 0

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