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Past tense 1

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Past tense 1

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to write s----e skrive s-r-v- ------ skrive 0
He wrote a letter. Han-s-r--v--------v. Han skreiv eit brev. H-n s-r-i- e-t b-e-. -------------------- Han skreiv eit brev. 0
And she wrote a card. O---o sk---v ------r-. Og ho skreiv eit kort. O- h- s-r-i- e-t k-r-. ---------------------- Og ho skreiv eit kort. 0
to read l-se lese l-s- ---- lese 0
He read a magazine. E--l-s e---m--a-in. Eg las eit magasin. E- l-s e-t m-g-s-n- ------------------- Eg las eit magasin. 0
And she read a book. O---- --- e- -o-. Og ho las ei bok. O- h- l-s e- b-k- ----------------- Og ho las ei bok. 0
to take t- ta t- -- ta 0
He took a cigarette. Han--o--e---si---et-. Han tok ein sigarett. H-n t-k e-n s-g-r-t-. --------------------- Han tok ein sigarett. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. Ho to- -i-----k-- -jo-ol-de--ke. Ho tok eit stykke sjokoladekake. 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. H-n-v-r ut-----en h--v-- trufa-t. Han var utru, men ho var trufast. 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--at- m-n ho va- ---t--g. Han var lat, men ho var flittig. 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-n--ar-f-t-ig, -en -o--ar ri-. Han var fattig, men ho var rik. 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. Han -a-d----g---p-ng----b---e --el-. Han hadde ingen pengar, berre gjeld. 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--a-d- --kje f--ks, berre -f-ak-. Han hadde ikkje flaks, berre uflaks. 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-- -u-k-st ik--e, h---ber-------uk--st. Han lukkast ikkje, han berre mislukkast. 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. H-n-----ikk-e -----gd,-m-n --s---n-gd. Han var ikkje fornøgd, men misfornøgd. 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. Ha- var -kkje -u-k-leg- men-u-u-k---g. Han var ikkje lukkeleg, men ulukkeleg. 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. Ha----r -k--e--y-----s---me---s-mp-t-sk. Han var ikkje sympatisk, men usympatisk. 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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