Suchą szosą szła szczypawka, susząc sobie szczypce.
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Translation
An earwig walked along the dry road, drying its pincers.
Vocabulary
- szosa — road, highway (instrumental: szosą)
- suchy — dry (feminine instrumental: suchą)
- szczypawka — earwig (the insect)
- suszyć — to dry (gerund: susząc)
- szczypce — pincers, claws (accusative: szczypce)
Grammar note
'Suchą szosą' uses the instrumental for movement along a surface. 'Susząc sobie szczypce' has a gerund for an action happening at the same time. 'Sobie' is the reflexive dative, meaning its own pincers.
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