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    Translation

    Don't pepper the pig with pepper, Peter, or you'll over-pepper the pig, Peter.

    Vocabulary

    • pieprz — pepper (noun); also 'pepper!' (imperative of 'pieprzyć')
    • wieprz — pig (archaic/formal; accusative: wieprza)
    • przepieprzysz — you will over-season with pepper (perfective future)

    Grammar note

    'Nie pieprz' is the negated imperative of 'pieprzyć' (to pepper). 'Pieprzem' is the instrumental of 'pieprz' — used after 'pieprzyć' to express the means.

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