Chrząszcz szczęka szczęką — szczęką szczęka chrząszcz.
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Translation
A beetle clacks its jaw — with its jaw clacks the beetle.
Vocabulary
- chrząszcz — beetle
- szczękać — to clack, to clatter (3rd sg. present: szczęka)
- szczęka — jaw (instrumental: szczęką)
Grammar note
'Szczęka szczęką' uses the verb 'szczęka' (clacks) with the instrumental 'szczęką' (with its jaw). In the second half, the sentence reverses 'chrząszcz szczęka' to 'szczęka chrząszcz'.
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