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    Translation

    A little girl from Constantinople

    Vocabulary

    • Konstantynopol — Constantinople (old name for Istanbul)
    • -czyk — suffix meaning 'person from'
    • -ka / -eczka — feminine and diminutive suffixes

    Grammar note

    This is a chain of Polish word-formation suffixes: Konstantynopol + -an (inhabitant) + -czyk (person) + -ów (possessive) + -ian (relating to) + -eczka (feminine diminutive). Polish derivational morphology at its most extreme.

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