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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [osemdesiatjeden]

Minulý čas 1

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to write pís-ť p____ p-s-ť ----- písať 0
He wrote a letter. P-s-l-li-t. P____ l____ P-s-l l-s-. ----------- Písal list. 0
And she wrote a card. A -n- --s----p---a-n-c-. A o__ p_____ p__________ A o-a p-s-l- p-h-a-n-c-. ------------------------ A ona písala pohľadnicu. 0
to read čí-ať č____ č-t-ť ----- čítať 0
He read a magazine. Ćíta--časopis. Ć____ č_______ Ć-t-l č-s-p-s- -------------- Ćítal časopis. 0
And she read a book. A ona --t-la -ni-u. A o__ č_____ k_____ A o-a č-t-l- k-i-u- ------------------- A ona čítala knihu. 0
to take vzia-- --brať v_____ z_____ v-i-ť- z-b-a- ------------- vziať, zobrať 0
He took a cigarette. Vz---s----g-r---. V___ s_ c________ V-a- s- c-g-r-t-. ----------------- Vzal si cigaretu. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. V--l- -i -ú--- -ok--á--. V____ s_ k____ č________ V-a-a s- k-s-k č-k-l-d-. ------------------------ Vzala si kúsok čokolády. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. On--ol n-v-r-----l--o-----la --rná. O_ b__ n_______ a__ o__ b___ v_____ O- b-l n-v-r-ý- a-e o-a b-l- v-r-á- ----------------------------------- On bol neverný, ale ona bola verná. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. On-b-- l-niv-----e o-a----a-us---v-á. O_ b__ l______ a__ o__ b___ u________ O- b-l l-n-v-, a-e o-a b-l- u-i-o-n-. ------------------------------------- On bol lenivý, ale ona bola usilovná. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. O- --- -hu---ný,-a-- --- -o-a-b-h---. O_ b__ c________ a__ o__ b___ b______ O- b-l c-u-o-n-, a-e o-a b-l- b-h-t-. ------------------------------------- On bol chudobný, ale ona bola bohatá. 0
He had no money, only debts. Nem-l pe-ia-e, -l- --h-. N____ p_______ a__ d____ N-m-l p-n-a-e- a-e d-h-. ------------------------ Nemal peniaze, ale dlhy. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. N---l šťastie- al---mo--. N____ š_______ a__ s_____ N-m-l š-a-t-e- a-e s-o-u- ------------------------- Nemal šťastie, ale smolu. 0
He had no success, only failure. Ne----úsp--h----e --ús--ch. N____ ú______ a__ n________ N-m-l ú-p-c-, a-e n-ú-p-c-. --------------------------- Nemal úspech, ale neúspech. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. N--o- --o----ý, ----ne--o---n-. N____ s________ a__ n__________ N-b-l s-o-o-n-, a-e n-s-o-o-n-. ------------------------------- Nebol spokojný, ale nespokojný. 0
He was not happy, but sad. Ne-o- --astn-, a----e-ť-st--. N____ š_______ a__ n_________ N-b-l š-a-t-ý- a-e n-š-a-t-ý- ----------------------------- Nebol šťastný, ale nešťastný. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. Ne--l----pati-ký---l--n------tick-. N____ s__________ a__ n____________ N-b-l s-m-a-i-k-, a-e n-s-m-a-i-k-. ----------------------------------- Nebol sympatický, ale nesympatický. 0

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