Pchła pchnęła pchłę pchłą — i po pchle!
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Translation
A flea pushed a flea with a flea — and that's the end of the flea!
Vocabulary
- pchła — flea (nom. pchła / acc. pchłę / instr. pchłą / loc. pchle)
- pchnąć — to push, to shove (past fem.: pchnęła)
- i po pchle — and that's the end of the flea (colloquial: 'done with it')
Grammar note
'Pchnęła pchłę pchłą' — accusative direct object (pchłę) + instrumental of means (pchłą). 'I po pchle' — 'po' + locative in a fixed colloquial phrase expressing finality. Five case forms of one noun in one sentence.
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