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    Translation

    The postmaster from Tczew, the cavalry captain from Czchów.

    Vocabulary

    • poczmistrz — postmaster
    • Tczew — a city in northern Poland (genitive: Tczewa)
    • rotmistrz — cavalry captain (historical rank)
    • Czchów — a town in southern Poland (genitive: Czchowa)

    Grammar note

    Two parallel noun phrases in the nominative, no verb. 'Z Tczewa' and 'z Czchowa' are both genitive after 'z' (from). The pairing of 'poczmistrz/Tczew' and 'rotmistrz/Czchów' creates a rhyming couplet of clusters.

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