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68 [sixty-eight]

Big – small

Big – small

68 [šesťdesiatosem]

veľký – malý

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big and small ve--- a-m-lý v____ a m___ v-ľ-ý a m-l- ------------ veľký a malý 0
The elephant is big. S--n--- -eľ-ý. S___ j_ v_____ S-o- j- v-ľ-ý- -------------- Slon je veľký. 0
The mouse is small. M-š j----lá. M__ j_ m____ M-š j- m-l-. ------------ Myš je malá. 0
dark and bright tmavý ---ve--ý t____ a s_____ t-a-ý a s-e-l- -------------- tmavý a svetlý 0
The night is dark. No---- -m---. N__ j_ t_____ N-c j- t-a-á- ------------- Noc je tmavá. 0
The day is bright. Deň -- -v-tlý. D__ j_ s______ D-ň j- s-e-l-. -------------- Deň je svetlý. 0
old and young sta-- - m-adý s____ a m____ s-a-ý a m-a-ý ------------- starý a mladý 0
Our grandfather is very old. N-š -e--- j- v-ľ-- s-arý. N__ d____ j_ v____ s_____ N-š d-d-o j- v-ľ-i s-a-ý- ------------------------- Náš dedko je veľmi starý. 0
70 years ago he was still young. Pr-------ok----ol -š-e -l-d-. P___ 7_ r____ b__ e___ m_____ P-e- 7- r-k-i b-l e-t- m-a-ý- ----------------------------- Pred 70 rokmi bol ešte mladý. 0
beautiful and ugly pe-n- --ška-e-ý p____ a š______ p-k-ý a š-a-e-ý --------------- pekný a škaredý 0
The butterfly is beautiful. M------- pek--. M____ j_ p_____ M-t-ľ j- p-k-ý- --------------- Motýľ je pekný. 0
The spider is ugly. P--úk ---šk-----. P____ j_ š_______ P-v-k j- š-a-e-ý- ----------------- Pavúk je škaredý. 0
fat and thin t-s---------ý t____ a c____ t-s-ý a c-u-ý ------------- tlstý a chudý 0
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat. Ženа,------ca-1---kilo-ram----j---ls-á. Ž____ v______ 1__ k__________ j_ t_____ Ž-n-, v-ž-a-a 1-0 k-l-g-a-o-, j- t-s-á- --------------------------------------- Ženа, vážiaca 100 kilogramov, je tlstá. 0
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin. M--,---ž-ac---- --l-gr--ov- j---h---. M___ v______ 5_ k__________ j_ c_____ M-ž- v-ž-a-i 5- k-l-g-a-o-, j- c-u-ý- ------------------------------------- Muž, vážiaci 50 kilogramov, je chudý. 0
expensive and cheap d--h- ---a--ý d____ a l____ d-a-ý a l-c-ý ------------- drahý a lacný 0
The car is expensive. Aut--j- ---hé. A___ j_ d_____ A-t- j- d-a-é- -------------- Auto je drahé. 0
The newspaper is cheap. N-vi--------cné. N_____ s_ l_____ N-v-n- s- l-c-é- ---------------- Noviny sú lacné. 0

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Code-switching

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