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Adjectives 3

Adjectives 3

80 [osamdeset]

Pridjevi 3

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She has a dog. aaaaa O---im- --a. O-- i-- p--- O-a i-a p-a- ------------ Ona ima psa. 0
The dog is big. aaaaa Pas j- velik. P-- j- v----- P-s j- v-l-k- ------------- Pas je velik. 0
She has a big dog. aaaaa O-a --a --li-------. O-- i-- v------ p--- O-a i-a v-l-k-g p-a- -------------------- Ona ima velikog psa. 0
She has a house. aaaaa O----ma----u. O-- i-- k---- O-a i-a k-ć-. ------------- Ona ima kuću. 0
The house is small. aaaaa K--a -- -ala. K--- j- m---- K-ć- j- m-l-. ------------- Kuća je mala. 0
She has a small house. aaaaa O-a-ima -al- --ć-. O-- i-- m--- k---- O-a i-a m-l- k-ć-. ------------------ Ona ima malu kuću. 0
He is staying in a hotel. aaaaa On sta---- - h-t---. O- s------ u h------ O- s-a-u-e u h-t-l-. -------------------- On stanuje u hotelu. 0
The hotel is cheap. aaaaa Hote- j--j--ti-. H---- j- j------ H-t-l j- j-f-i-. ---------------- Hotel je jeftin. 0
He is staying in a cheap hotel. aaaaa On st-nu---- jeftin-- -o-elu. O- s------ u j------- h------ O- s-a-u-e u j-f-i-o- h-t-l-. ----------------------------- On stanuje u jeftinom hotelu. 0
He has a car. aaaaa O--i-a auto. O- i-- a---- O- i-a a-t-. ------------ On ima auto. 0
The car is expensive. aaaaa A--o -----u-o. A--- j- s----- A-t- j- s-u-o- -------------- Auto je skupo. 0
He has an expensive car. aaaaa On--ma-----o ----. O- i-- s---- a---- O- i-a s-u-o a-t-. ------------------ On ima skupo auto. 0
He reads a novel. aaaaa On čit---oman. O- č--- r----- O- č-t- r-m-n- -------------- On čita roman. 0
The novel is boring. aaaaa Ro-a- j--do-ada-. R---- j- d------- R-m-n j- d-s-d-n- ----------------- Roman je dosadan. 0
He is reading a boring novel. aaaaa On č--a d--a--- -o-an. O- č--- d------ r----- O- č-t- d-s-d-n r-m-n- ---------------------- On čita dosadan roman. 0
She is watching a movie. aaaaa O-a -led- film. O-- g---- f---- O-a g-e-a f-l-. --------------- Ona gleda film. 0
The movie is exciting. aaaaa Film--------d-j-v. F--- j- u--------- F-l- j- u-b-d-j-v- ------------------ Film je uzbudljiv. 0
She is watching an exciting movie. aaaaa O---gled--uzb-dlj-- fi-m. O-- g---- u-------- f---- O-a g-e-a u-b-d-j-v f-l-. ------------------------- Ona gleda uzbudljiv film. 0

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The language of academics

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