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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [osemdeset]

Pridevnik 3

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She has a dog. On----- psa. O__ i__ p___ O-a i-a p-a- ------------ Ona ima psa. 0
The dog is big. Pes-je-----k. P__ j_ v_____ P-s j- v-l-k- ------------- Pes je velik. 0
She has a big dog. Ona --a vel-ke-a-ps-. O__ i__ v_______ p___ O-a i-a v-l-k-g- p-a- --------------------- Ona ima velikega psa. 0
She has a house. O-a--m- -išo. O__ i__ h____ O-a i-a h-š-. ------------- Ona ima hišo. 0
The house is small. H-------ma--na. H___ j_ m______ H-š- j- m-j-n-. --------------- Hiša je majhna. 0
She has a small house. Ona---a m-j--------. O__ i__ m_____ h____ O-a i-a m-j-n- h-š-. -------------------- Ona ima majhno hišo. 0
He is staying in a hotel. On-st-n--- --ho--lu. O_ s______ v h______ O- s-a-u-e v h-t-l-. -------------------- On stanuje v hotelu. 0
The hotel is cheap. H-t-l j--poceni. H____ j_ p______ H-t-l j- p-c-n-. ---------------- Hotel je poceni. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. O---t--u-- v -o---i ---e-u. O_ s______ v p_____ h______ O- s-a-u-e v p-c-n- h-t-l-. --------------------------- On stanuje v poceni hotelu. 0
He has a car. O---ma-a--o. O_ i__ a____ O- i-a a-t-. ------------ On ima avto. 0
The car is expensive. A-to je -rag. A___ j_ d____ A-t- j- d-a-. ------------- Avto je drag. 0
He has an expensive car. O--ima--n-d-ag-a-to. O_ i__ e_ d___ a____ O- i-a e- d-a- a-t-. -------------------- On ima en drag avto. 0
He reads a novel. On--er- ro-a-. O_ b___ r_____ O- b-r- r-m-n- -------------- On bere roman. 0
The novel is boring. R--a--j--d--goča-e-. R____ j_ d__________ R-m-n j- d-l-o-a-e-. -------------------- Roman je dolgočasen. 0
He is reading a boring novel. On ber--d--g--a--n-rom-n. O_ b___ d_________ r_____ O- b-r- d-l-o-a-e- r-m-n- ------------------------- On bere dolgočasen roman. 0
She is watching a movie. O--gl--a--i--. O_ g____ f____ O- g-e-a f-l-. -------------- On gleda film. 0
The movie is exciting. Film j---a---. F___ j_ n_____ F-l- j- n-p-t- -------------- Film je napet. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. On-gled- n-p-- f-l-. O_ g____ n____ f____ O- g-e-a n-p-t f-l-. -------------------- On gleda napet film. 0

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