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    Translation

    The chirping of children and the creaking of doors disturbed the unfortunate violinist in her loud practice of playing the violin.

    Vocabulary

    • szczebiot — chirping, chatter (of children)
    • skrzypienie — creaking, squeaking
    • drzwi — door (plural-only noun)
    • przeszkadzać — to disturb, to bother (past neuter: przeszkadzało)
    • nieszczęsny — unfortunate, wretched (dative fem.: nieszczęsnej)
    • skrzypaczka — female violinist (dative: skrzypaczce)
    • ćwiczenie — practice, exercise (locative: ćwiczeniu)
    • skrzypce — violin (locative: skrzypcach)

    Grammar note

    'Przeszkadzało' is neuter past — agreeing with the compound subject 'szczebiot i skrzypienie' (treated as neuter collective). 'Skrzypaczce' is dative (disturbed the violinist). 'W głośnym ćwiczeniu gry na skrzypcach' — locative phrase: 'in the loud practice of playing the violin'.

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