I jakże iść tak w dal, jak dal jest daleka, gdy jest daleko!
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Translation
And how to go so far into the distance, when the distance is so distant, when it is so far away!
Vocabulary
- jakże — how on earth, how indeed (emphatic 'jak')
- iść — to go, to walk (infinitive)
- dal — distance, the far-off (feminine noun)
- daleki — distant, far (feminine: daleka)
- daleko — far away (adverb)
Grammar note
'W dal' — accusative after 'w' for motion towards. 'Jak dal jest daleka' — predicative adjective 'daleka' agrees with feminine 'dal'. 'Gdy jest daleko' — 'daleko' is the adverbial form. Three grammatical categories of the same root in one sentence.
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