Nawet podczas deszczu z czuciem świerszcze strzygą.
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Translation
Even in the rain, crickets chirp with feeling.
Vocabulary
- podczas — during (+ genitive)
- deszcz — rain (genitive: deszczu)
- czucie — feeling, sensation (instrumental: czuciem)
- świerszcz — cricket (pl. świerszcze)
- strzyc — to clip, to shear; here: to chirp (3rd pl. present: strzygą)
Grammar note
'Podczas deszczu' — genitive after 'podczas' (during). 'Z czuciem' — instrumental after 'z' (with feeling). 'Strzygą' is 3rd person plural present of 'strzyc' — used here metaphorically for the clipping sound of cricket chirps.
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