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Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

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Adjektiv 3

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She has a dog. Hun--a- ---h-n-. H__ h__ e_ h____ H-n h-r e- h-n-. ---------------- Hun har en hund. 0
The dog is big. Hu-den -r s-or. H_____ e_ s____ H-n-e- e- s-o-. --------------- Hunden er stor. 0
She has a big dog. Hun-har-e- st-r--un-. H__ h__ e_ s___ h____ H-n h-r e- s-o- h-n-. --------------------- Hun har en stor hund. 0
She has a house. H-n h---et --s. H__ h__ e_ h___ H-n h-r e- h-s- --------------- Hun har et hus. 0
The house is small. H-s-------i-e. H____ e_ l____ H-s-t e- l-t-. -------------- Huset er lite. 0
She has a small house. Hun-har-et-l--e hus. H__ h__ e_ l___ h___ H-n h-r e- l-t- h-s- -------------------- Hun har et lite hus. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Ha- -or p--ho--l-. H__ b__ p_ h______ H-n b-r p- h-t-l-. ------------------ Han bor på hotell. 0
The hotel is cheap. Hotel--- er----lig. H_______ e_ b______ H-t-l-e- e- b-l-i-. ------------------- Hotellet er billig. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. Han-b-r p- -t--il--g hot-l-. H__ b__ p_ e_ b_____ h______ H-n b-r p- e- b-l-i- h-t-l-. ---------------------------- Han bor på et billig hotell. 0
He has a car. H-- ha--b-l. H__ h__ b___ H-n h-r b-l- ------------ Han har bil. 0
The car is expensive. Bi--n e- d-r. B____ e_ d___ B-l-n e- d-r- ------------- Bilen er dyr. 0
He has an expensive car. Han--a-----d-r---l. H__ h__ e_ d__ b___ H-n h-r e- d-r b-l- ------------------- Han har en dyr bil. 0
He reads a novel. Han le-e- e- r--an. H__ l____ e_ r_____ H-n l-s-r e- r-m-n- ------------------- Han leser en roman. 0
The novel is boring. R--anen e----e-el--. R______ e_ k________ R-m-n-n e- k-e-e-i-. -------------------- Romanen er kjedelig. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Ha--l-s--------e-el-g------. H__ l____ e_ k_______ r_____ H-n l-s-r e- k-e-e-i- r-m-n- ---------------------------- Han leser en kjedelig roman. 0
She is watching a movie. Hu- --r p---- -ilm. H__ s__ p_ e_ f____ H-n s-r p- e- f-l-. ------------------- Hun ser på en film. 0
The movie is exciting. Film---e- --enn-n--. F_____ e_ s_________ F-l-e- e- s-e-n-n-e- -------------------- Filmen er spennende. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. Hun s-r -- ----p-nnen-e fil-. H__ s__ p_ e_ s________ f____ H-n s-r p- e- s-e-n-n-e f-l-. ----------------------------- Hun ser på en spennende film. 0

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