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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [osamdeset i jedan]

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to write pi---i pisati 0 +
He wrote a letter. On j- n------ p----. On je napisao pismo. 0 +
And she wrote a card. A o-- j- n------- r----------. A ona je napisala razglednicu. 0 +
     
to read či---i čitati 0 +
He read a magazine. On j- č---- i---------- č------. On je čitao ilustrovani časopis. 0 +
And she read a book. A o-- j- č----- k-----. A ona je čitala knjigu. 0 +
     
to take uz--i uzeti 0 +
He took a cigarette. On j- u--- c-------. On je uzeo cigaretu. 0 +
She took a piece of chocolate. On- j- u---- k---- č-------. Ona je uzela komad čokolade. 0 +
     
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. On j- b-- n-------- a-- j- o-- b--- v-----. On je bio nevjeran, ali je ona bila vjerna. 0 +
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. On j- b-- l----- a-- j- o-- b--- v-------. On je bio lijen, ali je ona bila vrijedna. 0 +
He was poor, but she was rich. On j- b-- s--------- a-- j- o-- b--- b-----. On je bio siromašan, ali je ona bila bogata. 0 +
     
He had no money, only debts. On n--- i--- n----- v-- d-----. On nije imao novca, već dugove. 0 +
He had no luck, only bad luck. On n--- i--- s----- v-- p--. On nije imao sreće, već peh. 0 +
He had no success, only failure. On n--- i--- u------ v-- n-------. On nije imao uspjeh, već neuspjeh. 0 +
     
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. On n--- b-- z---------- v-- n-----------. On nije bio zadovoljan, već nezadovoljan. 0 +
He was not happy, but sad. On n--- b-- s------ v-- n-------. On nije bio sretan, već nesretan. 0 +
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. On n--- b-- s---------- v-- a----------. On nije bio simpatičan, već antipatičan. 0 +
     

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