Warszawa w żwawej wrzawie, w Wawrze wrze o Warszawie.
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Translation
Warsaw is in a lively uproar, in Wawer it seethes about Warsaw.
Vocabulary
- żwawy — lively, brisk (locative fem.: żwawej)
- wrzawa — uproar, commotion (locative: wrzawie)
- Wawer — a district of Warsaw (locative: Wawrze)
- wrzeć — to seethe, to boil (3rd sg. present: wrze)
Grammar note
'W żwawej wrzawie' is locative after 'w'; 'żwawej' is feminine locative and agrees with 'wrzawie'. 'W Wawrze' is the locative of 'Wawer'. In 'wrze o Warszawie', 'o' with the locative names the topic ('seethes about Warsaw').
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