Kilki z kokilki wyszły na chwilkę, a wilki Kilkom zjadły kokilkę.
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Translation
The sprats left the ramekin for a moment, and the wolves ate the ramekin of the sprats.
Vocabulary
- kilka — sprat (a small fish; pl. kilki, dative pl. kilkom)
- kokilka — ramekin, small baking dish (genitive: kokilki; accusative: kokilkę)
- chwilka — a moment, a little while (accusative: chwilkę)
- wilk — wolf (pl. wilki)
- zjeść — to eat up (perfective; past pl. non-virile: zjadły)
Grammar note
'Z kokilki' uses the genitive after 'z' (from or out of). 'Na chwilkę' uses the accusative after 'na' for duration. In 'Kilkom zjadły kokilkę', 'kilkom' is dative plural (for the sprats) and 'kokilkę' is accusative (the eaten ramekin).
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