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೬೮ [ಅರವತ್ತೆಂಟು] ದೊಡ್ಡ – ಚಿಕ್ಕ

68 [Aravatteṇṭu] doḍḍa – cikka.

big and small	ದೊಡ್ಡದು ಮತ್ತು ಚಿಕ್ಕದು.; Doḍḍadu mattu cikkadu.
The elephant is big.	ಆನೆ ದೊಡ್ಡದು.; Āne doḍḍadu.
The mouse is small.	ಇಲಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕದು.; Ili cikkadu.
dark and bright	ಕತ್ತಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಳಕು.; Kattale mattu beḷaku.
The night is dark.	ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ; Rātri kattaleyāgiruttade
The day is bright.	ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಬೆಳಕಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.; beḷagge beḷakāgiruttade.
old and young	ಹಿರಿಯ - ಕಿರಿಯ (ಎಳೆಯ); Hiriya - kiriya (eḷeya)
Our grandfather is very old.	ನಮ್ಮ ತಾತನವರಿಗೆ ಈಗ ತುಂಬಾ ವಯಸ್ಸಾಗಿದೆ.; nam'ma tātanavarige īga tumbā vayas'sāgide.
70 years ago he was still young.	ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಮುಂಚೆ ಅವರು ಕಿರಿಯರಾಗಿದ್ದರು.; Eppattu varṣagaḷa mun̄ce avaru kiriyarāgiddaru.
beautiful and ugly	ಸುಂದರ – ಮತ್ತು ವಿಕಾರ (ಕುರೂಪ); Sundara – mattu vikāra (kurūpa)
The butterfly is beautiful.	ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ಸುಂದರವಾಗಿದೆ.; ciṭṭe sundaravāgide.
The spider is ugly.	ಜೇಡ ವಿಕಾರವಾಗಿದೆ.; Jēḍa vikāravāgide.
fat and thin	ದಪ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಸಣ್ಣ.; Dappa mattu saṇṇa.
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	ನೂರು ಕಿಲೊ ತೂಕದ ಹೆಂಗಸು ದಪ್ಪ.; Nūru kilo tūkada heṅgasu dappa.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	ಐವತ್ತು ಕಿಲೊ ತೂಕದ ಗಂಡಸು ಸಣ್ಣ.; Aivattu kilo tūkada gaṇḍasu saṇṇa.
expensive and cheap	ದುಬಾರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಗ್ಗ.; Dubāri mattu agga.
The car is expensive.	ಈ ಕಾರ್ ದುಬಾರಿ.; Ī kār dubāri.
The newspaper is cheap.	ಈ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಅಗ್ಗ.; Ī dinapatrike agga.

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