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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [åttio]

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She has a dog. Ho--ha--e---u-d. H__ h__ e_ h____ H-n h-r e- h-n-. ---------------- Hon har en hund. 0
The dog is big. Hu-d-------tor. H_____ ä_ s____ H-n-e- ä- s-o-. --------------- Hunden är stor. 0
She has a big dog. H-n--ar ----to- h--d. H__ h__ e_ s___ h____ H-n h-r e- s-o- h-n-. --------------------- Hon har en stor hund. 0
She has a house. Ho----r-e---h-s. H__ h__ e__ h___ H-n h-r e-t h-s- ---------------- Hon har ett hus. 0
The house is small. H-s---är-li-et. H____ ä_ l_____ H-s-t ä- l-t-t- --------------- Huset är litet. 0
She has a small house. Hon ----e-- lite---us. H__ h__ e__ l____ h___ H-n h-r e-t l-t-t h-s- ---------------------- Hon har ett litet hus. 0
He is staying in a hotel. Han--or -å et---o---l. H__ b__ p_ e__ h______ H-n b-r p- e-t h-t-l-. ---------------------- Han bor på ett hotell. 0
The hotel is cheap. H--e--et -r-billigt. H_______ ä_ b_______ H-t-l-e- ä- b-l-i-t- -------------------- Hotellet är billigt. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. H-n bo---- --t-b---i-t---t-l-. H__ b__ p_ e__ b______ h______ H-n b-r p- e-t b-l-i-t h-t-l-. ------------------------------ Han bor på ett billigt hotell. 0
He has a car. H---h-r------l. H__ h__ e_ b___ H-n h-r e- b-l- --------------- Han har en bil. 0
The car is expensive. Bilen är-dy-. B____ ä_ d___ B-l-n ä- d-r- ------------- Bilen är dyr. 0
He has an expensive car. H-- har e--d-- b-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. H-n läser e--r-m-n. H__ l____ e_ r_____ H-n l-s-r e- r-m-n- ------------------- Han läser en roman. 0
The novel is boring. R-man-n är l-n------g. R______ ä_ l__________ R-m-n-n ä- l-n-t-å-i-. ---------------------- Romanen är långtråkig. 0
He is reading a boring novel. Han--ä-er--n-lå-gt-å-----om--. H__ l____ e_ l_________ r_____ H-n l-s-r e- l-n-t-å-i- r-m-n- ------------------------------ Han läser en långtråkig roman. 0
She is watching a movie. Hon--e- -n f---. H__ s__ e_ f____ H-n s-r e- f-l-. ---------------- Hon ser en film. 0
The movie is exciting. Fi-men är --änn-n-e. F_____ ä_ s_________ F-l-e- ä- s-ä-n-n-e- -------------------- Filmen är spännande. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. Ho--se--en-sp-n-a-de --lm. H__ s__ e_ s________ f____ H-n s-r e- s-ä-n-n-e f-l-. -------------------------- Hon ser en spännande film. 0

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