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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [åttiein]

Fortid 1

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to write skr--e s_____ s-r-v- ------ skrive 0
He wrote a letter. H----k-eiv eit -re-. H__ s_____ e__ b____ H-n s-r-i- e-t b-e-. -------------------- Han skreiv eit brev. 0
And she wrote a card. Og-h- --rei- eit -or-. O_ h_ s_____ e__ k____ O- h- s-r-i- e-t k-r-. ---------------------- Og ho skreiv eit kort. 0
to read lese l___ l-s- ---- lese 0
He read a magazine. Eg-las -it--a--si-. E_ l__ e__ m_______ E- l-s e-t m-g-s-n- ------------------- Eg las eit magasin. 0
And she read a book. Og--- --- e--bo-. O_ h_ l__ e_ b___ O- h- l-s e- b-k- ----------------- Og ho las ei bok. 0
to take t- t_ t- -- ta 0
He took a cigarette. Ha---ok-ei--sig-rett. H__ t__ e__ s________ H-n t-k e-n s-g-r-t-. --------------------- Han tok ein sigarett. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. Ho --k-e-t --yk-e sjok--a---ak-. H_ t__ e__ s_____ s_____________ H- t-k e-t s-y-k- s-o-o-a-e-a-e- -------------------------------- Ho tok eit stykke sjokoladekake. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. Ha- var---r-- -e---- -ar tru----. H__ v__ u____ m__ h_ v__ t_______ H-n v-r u-r-, m-n h- v-r t-u-a-t- --------------------------------- Han var utru, men ho var trufast. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. H-n--ar-l--- -e- -o var f---t-g. H__ v__ l___ m__ h_ v__ f_______ H-n v-r l-t- m-n h- v-r f-i-t-g- -------------------------------- Han var lat, men ho var flittig. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. H-- --- f-tt-g, -e- ho --r--ik. H__ v__ f______ m__ h_ v__ r___ H-n v-r f-t-i-, m-n h- v-r r-k- ------------------------------- Han var fattig, men ho var rik. 0
He had no money, only debts. Ha- -a--e---g-- p-----,-b--r--gj-ld. H__ h____ i____ p______ b____ g_____ H-n h-d-e i-g-n p-n-a-, b-r-e g-e-d- ------------------------------------ Han hadde ingen pengar, berre gjeld. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. H-n-hadd---kkj--fl--s--ber-e-------. H__ h____ i____ f_____ b____ u______ H-n h-d-e i-k-e f-a-s- b-r-e u-l-k-. ------------------------------------ Han hadde ikkje flaks, berre uflaks. 0
He had no success, only failure. H-n---k--s------e--h-n b-r-e -is-u---s-. H__ l______ i_____ h__ b____ m__________ H-n l-k-a-t i-k-e- h-n b-r-e m-s-u-k-s-. ---------------------------------------- Han lukkast ikkje, han berre mislukkast. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. Han--a--ik-je---r------m-- --s-or--gd. H__ v__ i____ f_______ m__ m__________ H-n v-r i-k-e f-r-ø-d- m-n m-s-o-n-g-. -------------------------------------- Han var ikkje fornøgd, men misfornøgd. 0
He was not happy, but sad. H-n var ik-----uk-e--g- --n -l---el--. H__ v__ i____ l________ m__ u_________ H-n v-r i-k-e l-k-e-e-, m-n u-u-k-l-g- -------------------------------------- Han var ikkje lukkeleg, men ulukkeleg. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. H-n-va- i--j--sympat-s----e- usympa-i-k. H__ v__ i____ s_________ m__ u__________ H-n v-r i-k-e s-m-a-i-k- m-n u-y-p-t-s-. ---------------------------------------- Han var ikkje sympatisk, men usympatisk. 0

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