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    Translation

    Don't pepper the pig with pepper, Peter, or you'll over-pepper the pig with pepper, 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 wieprza pieprzem' — 'wieprza' is genitive after the negated imperative; 'pieprzem' is instrumental (the means). 'Przepieprzysz pieprzem wieprza' — perfective future; 'pieprzem' instrumental, 'wieprza' accusative (positive verb).

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