Krab na garb się drapie, kruchą gruchę ma w łapie.
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Translation
A crab scratches its hump, it holds a fragile pigeon in its claw.
Vocabulary
- krab — crab
- garb — hump, bump (accusative: garb)
- drapać się — to scratch oneself (3rd sg. present: drapie się)
- kruchy — fragile, crispy (accusative fem.: kruchą)
- grucha — pigeon, dove (colloquial; accusative: gruchę)
- łapa — paw, claw (locative: łapie)
Grammar note
'Na garb się drapie' uses 'na garb' in the accusative after 'na' for movement onto something. In 'kruchą gruchę ma w łapie', 'kruchą gruchę' is the accusative direct object of 'mieć', while 'w łapie' is the locative (in the claw).
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