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    Translation

    A dromedary from Durban devoured a gentleman's turban.

    Vocabulary

    • dromader — dromedary (one-humped camel)
    • Durban — Durban, a city in South Africa (genitive: Durbanu)
    • turban — turban (accusative: turban)
    • pożreć — to devour, to gobble up (perfective; past masc.: pożarł)
    • pan — gentleman, Mr (dative: panu)

    Grammar note

    'Z Durbanu' takes the genitive after 'z' (from). In 'turban pożarł', 'turban' is the accusative direct object. 'Panu' is dative, meaning the person whose turban was eaten ('devoured from the gentleman').

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