Szedł Polak po lak i wrzucił dowody do wody.
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Translation
A Pole went for lacquer and threw the evidence into the water.
Vocabulary
- szedł — was walking, went (masculine past of 'iść')
- Polak — a Polish person, a Pole
- lak — lacquer, sealing wax
- wrzucić — to throw in, to toss in (perfective; past masc.: wrzucił)
- dowód — evidence, proof (pl. dowody)
- woda — water (genitive: wody)
Grammar note
'Po lak' — 'po' + accusative expressing purpose ('to get lacquer'). 'Wrzucił dowody do wody' — 'dowody' is accusative plural (direct object); 'do wody' is genitive after 'do' (into the water).
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