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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [osmdesát jedna]

Minulý čas 1

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to write p--t p___ p-á- ---- psát 0
He wrote a letter. P------pis. P___ d_____ P-a- d-p-s- ----------- Psal dopis. 0
And she wrote a card. A --- --a---p-h-e-. A o__ p____ p______ A o-a p-a-a p-h-e-. ------------------- A ona psala pohled. 0
to read č-st č___ č-s- ---- číst 0
He read a magazine. Č-t---a--p-s. Č___ č_______ Č-t- č-s-p-s- ------------- Četl časopis. 0
And she read a book. A-o-a -etl--knihu. A o__ č____ k_____ A o-a č-t-a k-i-u- ------------------ A ona četla knihu. 0
to take vz-t /-v--- si v___ / v___ s_ v-í- / v-í- s- -------------- vzít / vzít si 0
He took a cigarette. Vz-l------g-r--u. V___ s_ c________ V-a- s- c-g-r-t-. ----------------- Vzal si cigaretu. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. V-ala -i-k--sek--ok-lády. V____ s_ k_____ č________ V-a-a s- k-u-e- č-k-l-d-. ------------------------- Vzala si kousek čokolády. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. B-l----ě--ý, a-e --- -y-a-věrn-. B__ n_______ a__ o__ b___ v_____ B-l n-v-r-ý- a-e o-a b-l- v-r-á- -------------------------------- Byl nevěrný, ale ona byla věrná. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. B-- -í-ý,-------a b-la -i---. B__ l____ a__ o__ b___ p_____ B-l l-n-, a-e o-a b-l- p-l-á- ----------------------------- Byl líný, ale ona byla pilná. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. B-- ch-d-, al- -na----- bo-a-á. B__ c_____ a__ o__ b___ b______ B-l c-u-ý- a-e o-a b-l- b-h-t-. ------------------------------- Byl chudý, ale ona byla bohatá. 0
He had no money, only debts. Neměl ---né p-n-ze---en -lu-y. N____ ž____ p______ j__ d_____ N-m-l ž-d-é p-n-z-, j-n d-u-y- ------------------------------ Neměl žádné peníze, jen dluhy. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. Neměl---ě-tí,-j----m---. N____ š______ j__ s_____ N-m-l š-ě-t-, j-n s-ů-u- ------------------------ Neměl štěstí, jen smůlu. 0
He had no success, only failure. Neměl -á-n--ú-p-ch- j------s--c-. N____ ž____ ú______ j__ n________ N-m-l ž-d-ý ú-p-c-, j-n n-ú-p-c-. --------------------------------- Neměl žádný úspěch, jen neúspěch. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. N-b-- sp-k--e-ý, --b-ž ne--oko---ý. N____ s_________ n____ n___________ N-b-l s-o-o-e-ý- n-b-ž n-s-o-o-e-ý- ----------------------------------- Nebyl spokojený, nýbrž nespokojený. 0
He was not happy, but sad. Neb-- š-a-tný,--ý--ž--eš-a-tný. N____ š_______ n____ n_________ N-b-l š-a-t-ý- n-b-ž n-š-a-t-ý- ------------------------------- Nebyl šťastný, nýbrž nešťastný. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. N--y- -y-pati---,-ný-r----sy-pa-ic--. N____ s__________ n____ n____________ N-b-l s-m-a-i-k-, n-b-ž n-s-m-a-i-k-. ------------------------------------- Nebyl sympatický, nýbrž nesympatický. 0

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