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    Translation

    Rain still lashes the bream, the bream still caress the ticks.

    Vocabulary

    • jeszcze — still, yet
    • deszcz — rain (pl. deszcze)
    • chłostać — to lash, to whip (3rd pl. present: chłoszczą)
    • leszcz — bream (a fish; pl. leszcze)
    • pieścić — to caress (3rd pl. present: pieszczą)
    • kleszcz — tick (the arachnid; pl. kleszcze)

    Grammar note

    'Chłoszczą leszcze' — 'leszcze' is accusative plural (the bream being lashed). 'Pieszczą kleszcze' — 'kleszcze' is accusative plural (the ticks being caressed). Both verbs are 3rd person plural present.

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