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' uses the accusative after 'w' for movement into something. 'Jeża' is the accusative of 'jeż'. In 'osiem skrzyń fig', 'skrzyń' is genitive plural after 8, and 'fig' is the genitive plural of 'figa'.
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