Pchła pchnęła pchłę pchłą — i po pchle!
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Translation
A flea pushed a flea with a flea, and that was the end of the flea!
Vocabulary
- pchła — flea (nom. pchła / acc. pchłę / instr. pchłą / loc. pchle)
- pchnąć — to push, to shove (past fem.: pchnęła)
- i po pchle — and that's the end of the flea (colloquial: 'done with it')
Grammar note
'Pchnęła pchłę pchłą' uses the accusative direct object 'pchłę' and the instrumental 'pchłą', meaning by means of a flea. 'I po pchle' uses 'po' with the locative in a fixed informal phrase meaning it is over. Five forms of one noun appear in one sentence.
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