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80 [eighty]

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [aštuoniasdešimt]

Būdvardžiai 3

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She has a dog. Ji turi-š---. J_ t___ š____ J- t-r- š-n-. ------------- Ji turi šunį. 0
The dog is big. Šuo-(yra) d----is. Š__ (____ d_______ Š-o (-r-) d-d-l-s- ------------------ Šuo (yra) didelis. 0
She has a big dog. Ji -uri-didelį-š--į. J_ t___ d_____ š____ J- t-r- d-d-l- š-n-. -------------------- Ji turi didelį šunį. 0
She has a house. J- -u-i nam-. J_ t___ n____ J- t-r- n-m-. ------------- Ji turi namą. 0
The house is small. Namas---------ža-. N____ (____ m_____ N-m-s (-r-) m-ž-s- ------------------ Namas (yra) mažas. 0
She has a small house. Ji -ur--m-žą-n---. J_ t___ m___ n____ J- t-r- m-ž- n-m-. ------------------ Ji turi mažą namą. 0
He is staying in a hotel. J---gy-e-a -i--butyj-. J__ g_____ v__________ J-s g-v-n- v-e-b-t-j-. ---------------------- Jis gyvena viešbutyje. 0
The hotel is cheap. V-e---t----yra---i-us. V________ (____ p_____ V-e-b-t-s (-r-) p-g-s- ---------------------- Viešbutis (yra) pigus. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. J-s-g---n- --g-a-e-vi-š-ut--e. J__ g_____ p______ v__________ J-s g-v-n- p-g-a-e v-e-b-t-j-. ------------------------------ Jis gyvena pigiame viešbutyje. 0
He has a car. Ji- turi--u---obilį. J__ t___ a__________ J-s t-r- a-t-m-b-l-. -------------------- Jis turi automobilį. 0
The car is expensive. Aut--ob-lis (-r-- -r--gu-. A__________ (____ b_______ A-t-m-b-l-s (-r-) b-a-g-s- -------------------------- Automobilis (yra) brangus. 0
He has an expensive car. Ji- t-r---ra--ų--utomo-ilį. J__ t___ b_____ a__________ J-s t-r- b-a-g- a-t-m-b-l-. --------------------------- Jis turi brangų automobilį. 0
He reads a novel. J-s-s---t--r-m-n-. J__ s_____ r______ J-s s-a-t- r-m-n-. ------------------ Jis skaito romaną. 0
The novel is boring. Rom-nas (yra)-n-obo---. R______ (____ n________ R-m-n-s (-r-) n-o-o-u-. ----------------------- Romanas (yra) nuobodus. 0
He is reading a boring novel. J-s---a-to----bodų-r--a--. J__ s_____ n______ r______ J-s s-a-t- n-o-o-ų r-m-n-. -------------------------- Jis skaito nuobodų romaną. 0
She is watching a movie. J- ž--ri -i-m-. J_ ž____ f_____ J- ž-ū-i f-l-ą- --------------- Ji žiūri filmą. 0
The movie is exciting. F-l--- -yr---įd-m--. F_____ (____ į______ F-l-a- (-r-) į-o-u-. -------------------- Filmas (yra) įdomus. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. Ji-žiūri -domų------. J_ ž____ į____ f_____ J- ž-ū-i į-o-ų f-l-ą- --------------------- Ji žiūri įdomų filmą. 0

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