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    Translation

    A flea pushed a flea, a flea cried through a flea, that a flea was pushing a flea.

    Vocabulary

    • pchła — flea (nominative)
    • pchłę — flea (accusative — the one being pushed)
    • pchać — to push (past fem.: pchała; past masc.: pchał)
    • płakać — to cry (past fem.: płakała)

    Grammar note

    'Pchła pchłę pchła' has a subject (nominative), object (accusative), and past-tense verb. 'Przez pchłę' uses the accusative after 'przez' (through). 'Że pchła pchłę pchała' is a clause introduced by 'że' (that).

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