Z czeskich strzech szło Czechów trzech.
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Translation
Three Czechs walked from Czech thatched roofs.
Vocabulary
- czeski — Czech (genitive pl.: czeskich)
- strzecha — thatched roof (genitive pl.: strzech)
- iść — to go, to walk (past neuter: szło)
- Czech — a Czech person (genitive pl.: Czechów)
Grammar note
'Z czeskich strzech' uses the genitive plural after 'z' (from). 'Czechów trzech' uses the genitive plural with a numeral placed after the noun, in an old or poetic style. 'Szło' is the neuter past form used with numerals that take the genitive.
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