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Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

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Pridevnik 3

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She has a dog. O-a--ma-p-a. Ona ima psa. O-a i-a p-a- ------------ Ona ima psa. 0
The dog is big. P-- je-veli-. Pes je velik. P-s j- v-l-k- ------------- Pes je velik. 0
She has a big dog. O---i---velike----sa. Ona ima velikega psa. O-a i-a v-l-k-g- p-a- --------------------- Ona ima velikega psa. 0
She has a house. O-a --- h--o. Ona ima hišo. O-a i-a h-š-. ------------- Ona ima hišo. 0
The house is small. Hi-a je --jhna. Hiša je majhna. H-š- j- m-j-n-. --------------- Hiša je majhna. 0
She has a small house. On- ima ma-----hi--. Ona ima majhno hišo. O-a i-a m-j-n- h-š-. -------------------- Ona ima majhno hišo. 0
He is staying in a hotel. O---ta-uj- - ---e-u. On stanuje v hotelu. O- s-a-u-e v h-t-l-. -------------------- On stanuje v hotelu. 0
The hotel is cheap. Ho-e- je--oc---. Hotel je poceni. H-t-l j- p-c-n-. ---------------- Hotel je poceni. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. On-s--nuj- v-po---- ho---u. On stanuje v poceni hotelu. O- s-a-u-e v p-c-n- h-t-l-. --------------------------- On stanuje v poceni hotelu. 0
He has a car. O---m- a--o. On ima avto. O- i-a a-t-. ------------ On ima avto. 0
The car is expensive. A-----e-d-a-. Avto je drag. A-t- j- d-a-. ------------- Avto je drag. 0
He has an expensive car. On---a en -r-- avt-. On ima en drag avto. O- i-a e- d-a- a-t-. -------------------- On ima en drag avto. 0
He reads a novel. O---e-e--o-a-. On bere roman. O- b-r- r-m-n- -------------- On bere roman. 0
The novel is boring. Ro-----e-do--o-ase-. Roman je dolgočasen. R-m-n j- d-l-o-a-e-. -------------------- Roman je dolgočasen. 0
He is reading a boring novel. O--b--- --lgo--sen -----. On bere dolgočasen roman. O- b-r- d-l-o-a-e- r-m-n- ------------------------- On bere dolgočasen roman. 0
She is watching a movie. On--leda-----. On gleda film. O- g-e-a f-l-. -------------- On gleda film. 0
The movie is exciting. Fi------nap--. Film je napet. F-l- j- n-p-t- -------------- Film je napet. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. On--le-a --pet -i-m. On gleda napet film. O- g-e-a n-p-t f-l-. -------------------- On gleda napet film. 0

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