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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [osemdesiat]

Prídavné mená 3

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She has a dog. Má -s-. M_ p___ M- p-a- ------- Má psa. 0
The dog is big. Te- pes----v-ľ--. T__ p__ j_ v_____ T-n p-s j- v-ľ-ý- ----------------- Ten pes je veľký. 0
She has a big dog. M--v---------a. M_ v______ p___ M- v-ľ-é-o p-a- --------------- Má veľkého psa. 0
She has a house. Má-do-. M_ d___ M- d-m- ------- Má dom. 0
The house is small. T-n-do--j- ma-ý. T__ d__ j_ m____ T-n d-m j- m-l-. ---------------- Ten dom je malý. 0
She has a small house. M---a---dom. M_ m___ d___ M- m-l- d-m- ------------ Má malý dom. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Bý-- v ho--li. B___ v h______ B-v- v h-t-l-. -------------- Býva v hoteli. 0
The hotel is cheap. Ten ----l -e-l--ný. T__ h____ j_ l_____ T-n h-t-l j- l-c-ý- ------------------- Ten hotel je lacný. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. B--a-- -----m-hoteli. B___ v l_____ h______ B-v- v l-c-o- h-t-l-. --------------------- Býva v lacnom hoteli. 0
He has a car. M------. M_ a____ M- a-t-. -------- Má auto. 0
The car is expensive. T- -u-o--e -r-h-. T_ a___ j_ d_____ T- a-t- j- d-a-é- ----------------- To auto je drahé. 0
He has an expensive car. Má-----é ---o. M_ d____ a____ M- d-a-é a-t-. -------------- Má drahé auto. 0
He reads a novel. Čít- -o-á-. Č___ r_____ Č-t- r-m-n- ----------- Číta román. 0
The novel is boring. T----------- nu---. T__ r____ j_ n_____ T-n r-m-n j- n-d-ý- ------------------- Ten román je nudný. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Čít-----n- -----. Č___ n____ r_____ Č-t- n-d-ý r-m-n- ----------------- Číta nudný román. 0
She is watching a movie. P----á film. P_____ f____ P-z-r- f-l-. ------------ Pozerá film. 0
The movie is exciting. T-n ---- je-n---navý. T__ f___ j_ n________ T-n f-l- j- n-p-n-v-. --------------------- Ten film je napínavý. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. P---rá-nap---v----l-. P_____ n_______ f____ P-z-r- n-p-n-v- f-l-. --------------------- Pozerá napínavý film. 0

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