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She has a dog. E- ar- -n ----e. E- a-- u- c----- E- a-e u- c-i-e- ---------------- Ea are un câine. 0
The dog is big. C-i-e-- -st--m-re. C------ e--- m---- C-i-e-e e-t- m-r-. ------------------ Câinele este mare. 0
She has a big dog. E--a-e--- ----- -ar-. E- a-- u- c---- m---- E- a-e u- c-i-e m-r-. --------------------- Ea are un câine mare. 0
She has a house. Ea a-- --ca--. E- a-- o c---- E- a-e o c-s-. -------------- Ea are o casă. 0
The house is small. Casa-este---că. C--- e--- m---- C-s- e-t- m-c-. --------------- Casa este mică. 0
She has a small house. Ea-a-- --ca-ă ----. E- a-- o c--- m---- E- a-e o c-s- m-c-. ------------------- Ea are o casă mică. 0
He is staying in a hotel. El----u-e----înt------o-e-. E- l-------- î------ h----- E- l-c-i-ş-e î-t---n h-t-l- --------------------------- El locuieşte într-un hotel. 0
The hotel is cheap. H-t---l---te-i--t--. H------ e--- i------ H-t-l-l e-t- i-f-i-. -------------------- Hotelul este ieftin. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. El lo----şte înt---n-h---l--e-tin. E- l-------- î------ h---- i------ E- l-c-i-ş-e î-t---n h-t-l i-f-i-. ---------------------------------- El locuieşte într-un hotel ieftin. 0
He has a car. El -re - -aş---. E- a-- o m------ E- a-e o m-ş-n-. ---------------- El are o maşină. 0
The car is expensive. Maşi-a----- -c--p-. M----- e--- s------ M-ş-n- e-t- s-u-p-. ------------------- Maşina este scumpă. 0
He has an expensive car. E- -re - -aşin--s--mpă. E- a-- o m----- s------ E- a-e o m-ş-n- s-u-p-. ----------------------- El are o maşină scumpă. 0
He reads a novel. E- ---eş---un--oma-. E- c------ u- r----- E- c-t-ş-e u- r-m-n- -------------------- El citeşte un roman. 0
The novel is boring. R----------e plic--si-o-. R------ e--- p----------- R-m-n-l e-t- p-i-t-s-t-r- ------------------------- Romanul este plictisitor. 0
He is reading a boring novel. E---it-ş---un--oma--p-icti-i-o-. E- c------ u- r---- p----------- E- c-t-ş-e u- r-m-n p-i-t-s-t-r- -------------------------------- El citeşte un roman plictisitor. 0
She is watching a movie. Ea---d- ----i--. E- v--- u- f---- E- v-d- u- f-l-. ---------------- Ea vede un film. 0
The movie is exciting. F-l-ul-e-te-capt-va-t. F----- e--- c--------- F-l-u- e-t- c-p-i-a-t- ---------------------- Filmul este captivant. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. E- v-d---n fi-- --pt---n-. E- v--- u- f--- c--------- E- v-d- u- f-l- c-p-i-a-t- -------------------------- Ea vede un film captivant. 0

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The language of academics

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