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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [een en tagtig]

Verlede tyd 1

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to write s-r-f s---- s-r-f ----- skryf 0
He wrote a letter. H------’n b---- g--k---. H- h-- ’- b---- g------- H- h-t ’- b-i-f g-s-r-f- ------------------------ Hy het ’n brief geskryf. 0
And she wrote a card. En--- -e- ’----a-t----ge-kryf. E- s- h-- ’- k------- g------- E- s- h-t ’- k-a-t-i- g-s-r-f- ------------------------------ En sy het ’n kaartjie geskryf. 0
to read lees l--- l-e- ---- lees 0
He read a magazine. H---et -- ty-skr-f g--ee-. H- h-- ’- t------- g------ H- h-t ’- t-d-k-i- g-l-e-. -------------------------- Hy het ’n tydskrif gelees. 0
And she read a book. En-sy -et -n-boek----ee-. E- s- h-- ’- b--- g------ E- s- h-t ’- b-e- g-l-e-. ------------------------- En sy het ’n boek gelees. 0
to take n--m-/---t n--- / v-- n-e- / v-t ---------- neem / vat 0
He took a cigarette. Hy-h-t-’n-s--ar-t---n--m. H- h-- ’- s------ g------ H- h-t ’- s-g-r-t g-n-e-. ------------------------- Hy het ’n sigaret geneem. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. S- -e---- -tu---j--o---e -----m. S- h-- ’- s--- s-------- g------ S- h-t ’- s-u- s-o-o-a-e g-n-e-. -------------------------------- Sy het ’n stuk sjokolade geneem. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. H- was -n-ro-----a-----------tr--. H- w-- o------ m--- s- w-- g------ H- w-s o-t-o-, m-a- s- w-s g-t-o-. ---------------------------------- Hy was ontrou, maar sy was getrou. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. H- --- --i- -aa- s- --s--lu--. H- w-- l--- m--- s- w-- f----- H- w-s l-i- m-a- s- w-s f-u-s- ------------------------------ Hy was lui, maar sy was fluks. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. Hy-wa--ar----aa- sy-----r--. H- w-- a--- m--- s- w-- r--- H- w-s a-m- m-a- s- w-s r-k- ---------------------------- Hy was arm, maar sy was ryk. 0
He had no money, only debts. H--h-- geen---l--n-e- n-t -k--d. H- h-- g--- g--- n--- n-- s----- H- h-t g-e- g-l- n-e- n-t s-u-d- -------------------------------- Hy het geen geld nie, net skuld. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. Hy -----e-n g-lu----e,-n-t-s--g-- -e-u-. H- h-- g--- g---- n--- n-- s----- g----- H- h-t g-e- g-l-k n-e- n-t s-e-t- g-l-k- ---------------------------------------- Hy het geen geluk nie, net slegte geluk. 0
He had no success, only failure. H----t ge-- s-kses-n-e---e- ---u--lae. H- h-- g--- s----- n--- n-- t--------- H- h-t g-e- s-k-e- n-e- n-t t-r-g-l-e- -------------------------------------- Hy het geen sukses nie, net terugslae. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. H- --s-n-e--ev---e n-e- --ar-onte-r--e. H- w-- n-- t------ n--- m--- o--------- H- w-s n-e t-v-e-e n-e- m-a- o-t-v-e-e- --------------------------------------- Hy was nie tevrede nie, maar ontevrede. 0
He was not happy, but sad. H---as ni- -el--k-- -i-, --a--ong-luk-ig. H- w-- n-- g------- n--- m--- o---------- H- w-s n-e g-l-k-i- n-e- m-a- o-g-l-k-i-. ----------------------------------------- Hy was nie gelukkig nie, maar ongelukkig. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. Hy-w-s---e--ang-na-- ---- -aa- on--nge-a--. H- w-- n-- a-------- n--- m--- o----------- H- w-s n-e a-n-e-a-m n-e- m-a- o-a-n-e-a-m- ------------------------------------------- Hy was nie aangenaam nie, maar onaangenaam. 0

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