Pchła pchłę pcha i ta pchła była zła, że pchła ją pcha.
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Translation
A flea pushes a flea, and that flea was angry that a flea pushes it.
Vocabulary
- pchła — flea (nominative)
- pchłę — flea (accusative)
- pchać — to push (3rd sg. present: pcha)
- zły / zła — angry, bad (feminine: zła)
- ją — her, it (accusative pronoun)
Grammar note
'Ta pchła była zła' — 'ta' is the demonstrative ('that flea'). 'Że pchła ją pcha' is a subordinate clause introduced by 'że' (that). 'Ją' is the accusative pronoun replacing 'pchłę' — the flea being pushed.
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