Deszcz pluszcze w bluszczach puszczy, w bluszczach puszczy pluszcze deszcz.
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Translation
Rain splashes in the ivy of the forest, in the ivy of the forest splashes rain.
Vocabulary
- deszcz — rain
- pluszcze — splashes (3rd sg. present of 'pluszcze' / 'pluszczać')
- bluszcz — ivy (locative pl. bluszczach)
- puszcza — primeval forest, wilderness (genitive: puszczy)
Grammar note
'W bluszczach puszczy' uses 'bluszczach' in the locative plural after 'w' (in), and 'puszczy' is the genitive of 'puszcza' (of the forest). The second half reverses the subject and verb: 'deszcz pluszcze' becomes 'pluszcze deszcz'.
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