Pękł pąk, pękł strąk, a bąk się zląkł.
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Translation
A bud burst, a pod burst, and a bumblebee got scared.
Vocabulary
- pęknąć — to burst, to crack (perfective; past masc.: pękł)
- pąk — bud (of a flower)
- strąk — pod (of a legume)
- bąk — bumblebee; also: horsefly
- zlęknąć się — to get scared, to be frightened (past masc.: zląkł się)
Grammar note
'Pękł' and 'zląkł' are masculine perfective past forms ending in '-kł'. This sound cluster appears only in masculine past forms. In 'Bąk się zląkł', the reflexive word 'się' comes after the verb.
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