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    Translation

    A woodpecker hacked at the trunk.

    Vocabulary

    • dzięcioł — woodpecker
    • pień — tree trunk, stump
    • ciąć — to cut, to hack (past masc.: ciął)

    Grammar note

    'Pień' is the accusative direct object of 'ciąć'. 'Ciął' is the masculine singular past perfective — the nasal 'ą' in the stem becomes 'ią' in the infinitive but simplifies to 'ą' in the past.

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