polski.directory

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    Translation

    The torn card overboard.

    Vocabulary

    • podarty — torn (past passive participle; accusative fem.: podartą)
    • karta — card, sheet (accusative: kartę)
    • burta — side of a ship, gunwale (pl. burty; 'za burty' = overboard)

    Grammar note

    'Podartą kartę' is the accusative — the object being thrown. 'Za burty' uses the accusative plural after 'za' for motion beyond ('overboard'). The implied verb is 'rzucić' (throw) — an elliptical imperative construction.

    Intermediate