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    Translation

    Queen Karolowa ordered King Karol to shoe the bay horses. King Karol shoes the bay horses, Queen Karolowa beats them with a little hoof.

    Vocabulary

    • królowa — queen
    • kazać — to order, to tell someone to (past fem.: kazała)
    • kary — bay (dark brown horse colour; pl. kare)
    • koń — horse (pl. konie)
    • kuć — to shoe (a horse); to forge
    • kopytko — little hoof (instrumental: kopytkiem)
    • katować — to beat, to torment (3rd sg. present: katuje)

    Grammar note

    'Kazała królowi Karolowi kuć' — 'kazać' + dative + infinitive: ordered (someone) to do. 'Kare konie' is accusative plural. 'Kopytkiem' is instrumental — expressing the means of beating.

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