Niech Jadzia trzyma Jadzię, bo tramwaj jedzie i Jadzie przejedzie.
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Translation
Let Jadzia hold Jadzia, because the tram is coming and will run over Jadzia.
Vocabulary
- Jadzia — Polish female nickname (accusative: Jadzię; dative: Jadzie)
- trzymać — to hold (3rd sg. present: trzyma)
- tramwaj — tram
- jechać — to ride, to travel (3rd sg. present: jedzie)
- przejechać — to run over, to pass (perfective future 3rd sg.: przejedzie)
Grammar note
'Niech trzyma' uses 'niech' plus the third-person present to mean let her hold. 'Trzyma Jadzię' has an accusative direct object. In 'Jadzie przejedzie', 'Jadzie' is dative and 'przejedzie' is the perfective future.
Intermediate
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