Poprztykały się trzy skrzaty: pstry, kosmaty i garbaty. Chrabąszczowa je zganiała, a dżdżownica pogodziła.
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Translation
Three gnomes quarrelled: the speckled one, the hairy one, and the hunchbacked one. Mrs Beetle scolded them, and the earthworm made peace.
Vocabulary
- poprztykać się — to quarrel, to bicker (perfective; past pl. non-virile: poprztykały się)
- skrzat — gnome, sprite (pl. skrzaty)
- pstry — speckled, motley
- kosmaty — hairy, shaggy
- garbaty — hunchbacked
- chrabąszcz — cockchafer, May bug (fem. form: Chrabąszczowa)
- zganić — to scold, to rebuke (past fem.: zganiała)
- pogodzić — to reconcile (past fem.: pogodziła)
Grammar note
'Chrabąszczowa' is a feminine surname form, treating the beetle as a character with a family name. In 'Je zganiała', 'je' is the accusative pronoun meaning them. 'Pogodziła' is third-person singular feminine perfective past.
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