Płynie buk przez Bug, dałby Bóg, żeby buk nie wpadł w Bug.
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Translation
A beech tree floats along the Bug River. God grant that it does not fall into the Bug.
Vocabulary
- płynąć — to float, to flow (3rd sg. present: płynie)
- buk — beech tree
- Bug — the Bug river (flows through Poland and Ukraine)
- dałby Bóg — God grant, would that God gave (conditional expression)
- Bóg — God
- wpaść — to fall into (perfective; past masc.: wpadł)
Grammar note
'Przez Bug' uses the accusative after 'przez' (through). 'Dałby Bóg' is a conditional wish: 'Bóg' is nominative and 'dałby' is the conditional of 'dać'. 'Żeby buk nie wpadł w Bug' uses 'żeby' to introduce a wish clause with a past-tense form.
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