Entliczek-pętliczek, czerwony stoliczek, a na tym stoliczku pleciony koszyczek, w koszyczku jabłuszko, w jabłuszku robaczek, a na tym zielony kubraczek.
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Translation
Entliczek-pętliczek, a small red table, and on that table a woven basket, in the basket an apple, in the apple a little worm, and on the worm a small green jacket.
Vocabulary
- entliczek-pętliczek — nonsense counting word (like 'eeny meeny')
- stoliczek — little table (locative: stoliczku)
- koszyczek — little basket (locative: koszyczku)
- jabłuszko — little apple (locative: jabłuszku)
- robaczek — little worm, little bug
- kubraczek — little jacket, little coat
Grammar note
All the nouns use diminutive endings: '-ek', '-uszko', and '-aczek'. 'Na tym stoliczku / w koszyczku / w jabłuszku' are locative forms after 'na' or 'w'. The table, basket, apple, worm, and jacket build a nested pattern, like Russian dolls.
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