W Pszczynie na szynie przejechało mysz, aż zazgrzytało.
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Translation
In Pszczyna, something ran over a mouse on the rail, and it even screeched.
Vocabulary
- Pszczyna — a town in Silesia (locative: Pszczynie)
- szyna — rail, track (locative: szynie)
- przejechać — to run over (past neuter: przejechało — impersonal)
- aż — so much that, even (intensifier)
- zazgrzytać — to screech, to grate (past neuter: zazgrzytało)
Grammar note
'Przejechało' and 'zazgrzytało' are neuter past forms used impersonally here, with no named subject. 'Mysz' is accusative. In 'aż zazgrzytało', 'aż' introduces a surprising result: 'it even screeched'.
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