Jeszcze deszcze chłoszczą leszcze, jeszcze leszcze pieszczą kleszcze.
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Translation
Rain still lashes the bream, the bream still caress the ticks.
Vocabulary
- jeszcze — still, yet
- deszcz — rain (pl. deszcze)
- chłostać — to lash, to whip (3rd pl. present: chłoszczą)
- leszcz — bream (a fish; pl. leszcze)
- pieścić — to caress (3rd pl. present: pieszczą)
- kleszcz — tick (the arachnid; pl. kleszcze)
Grammar note
In 'chłoszczą leszcze', 'leszcze' is accusative plural, the bream being lashed. In 'pieszczą kleszcze', 'kleszcze' is accusative plural, the ticks being caressed. Both verbs are in the third-person plural present.
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