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    Translation

    Three Czechs walked from Szczebrzeszyn to Szczecin.

    Vocabulary

    • trzech — three (genitive form, used with masculine personal nouns)
    • Czech — a Czech person (genitive pl.: Czechów)
    • iść — to walk, to go (past neuter: szło)
    • Szczebrzeszyn — a town in eastern Poland (genitive: Szczebrzeszyna)
    • Szczecin — a city in northwestern Poland (genitive: Szczecina)

    Grammar note

    'Trzech Czechów' — genitive plural after numeral 3 with masculine personal nouns. 'Szło' is neuter past — used with genitive-governed numerals (5+) or here in the archaic/literary style for 3+. 'Ze Szczebrzeszyna do Szczecina' — genitive after 'ze' (from) and 'do' (to).

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