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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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