Pchnij w tę łódź jeża lub osiem skrzyń fig.
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Translation
Push a hedgehog or eight crates of figs into this boat.
Vocabulary
- pchnąć — to push, to shove (imperative: pchnij)
- łódź — boat (accusative: łódź)
- jeż — hedgehog (accusative: jeża)
- skrzynia — crate, chest (gen. pl. skrzyń)
- figa — fig (gen. pl. fig)
Grammar note
'W tę łódź' — accusative after 'w' for motion into. 'Jeża' is the accusative of 'jeż'. 'Osiem skrzyń fig' — 'skrzyń' is genitive plural after the numeral 8; 'fig' is genitive plural of 'figa'.
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