Entliczek-pętliczek, czerwony stoliczek, a na tym stoliczku pleciony koszyczek, w koszyczku jabłuszko, w jabłuszku robaczek, a na tym zielony kubraczek.
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Translation
Entliczek-pętliczek, a little red table, and on this little table a woven little basket, in the little basket a little apple, in the little apple a little worm, and on it a little green jacket.
Vocabulary
- entliczek-pętliczek — nonsense counting word (like 'eeny meeny')
- stoliczek — little table (locative: stoliczku)
- koszyczek — little basket (locative: koszyczku)
- jabłuszko — little apple (locative: jabłuszku)
- robaczek — little worm, little bug
- kubraczek — little jacket, little coat
Grammar note
All nouns are diminutives — formed with '-ek', '-uszko', '-aczek'. 'Na tym stoliczku / w koszyczku / w jabłuszku' are all locatives after 'na/w'. The nested structure (table → basket → apple → worm → jacket) mirrors Russian dolls.
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