Tracz tarł tarcicę tak takt w takt jak takt w takt tarcicę tartak tarł.
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Translation
The sawyer sawed the planks in exactly the same rhythm as the sawmill sawed the planks.
Vocabulary
- tracz — sawyer, lumberman
- trzeć / trzeć tarcicę — to saw planks (past masc.: tarł)
- tarcica — sawn planks, lumber (accusative: tarcicę)
- takt w takt — beat for beat, in perfect rhythm
- tartak — sawmill
Grammar note
'Tarcicę' is accusative — direct object of 'trzeć'. 'Tak takt w takt jak takt w takt' — a comparative construction: 'in exactly the same rhythm as'. The sentence mirrors itself: tracz tarł tarcicę / tarcicę tartak tarł.
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