Siedzę sobie, nic nie robię, słowo samo sapie.
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Translation
I sit here doing nothing, the word breathes on its own.
Vocabulary
- siedzieć — to sit (1st sg. present: siedzę)
- sobie — reflexive dative — adds a casual, self-directed nuance ('just sitting here')
- robić — to do (1st sg. present: robię)
- słowo — word
- sam — alone, by itself (neuter: samo)
- sapać — to pant, to breathe heavily (3rd sg. present: sapie)
Grammar note
'Siedzę sobie' uses the reflexive dative 'sobie' to add the casual sense of 'just sitting here'. 'Nic nie robię' has standard Polish double negation. In 'słowo samo sapie', 'samo' is neuter nominative and agrees with 'słowo'.
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