Pięć pięciolatków pięło się po piętrach.
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Translation
Five five-year-olds were climbing up the floors.
Vocabulary
- pięciolatek — five-year-old (gen. pl. pięciolatków)
- piąć się — to climb, to clamber
- piętro — floor, story of a building (locative pl. piętrach)
Grammar note
'Pięć pięciolatków' — numerals 5+ take the genitive plural. 'Pięło się' is the neuter past reflexive — used because the subject is a numeral phrase of 5+, which takes neuter agreement.
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