Czarny dzięcioł z chęcią pień ciął.
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Translation
A black woodpecker eagerly hacked at the trunk.
Vocabulary
- dzięcioł — woodpecker
- chęć — eagerness, desire (instrumental: z chęcią — eagerly)
- pień — tree trunk, stump
- ciąć — to cut, to hack (past masc.: ciął)
Grammar note
'Z chęcią' is the instrumental of 'chęć' after 'z' — a fixed phrase meaning 'eagerly, with pleasure'. 'Pień ciął' — 'pień' is the accusative direct object of 'ciąć'.
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