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    Translation

    A Pole went for lacquer and threw the evidence into the water.

    Vocabulary

    • szedł — was walking, went (masculine past of 'iść')
    • Polak — a Polish person, a Pole
    • lak — lacquer, sealing wax
    • wrzucić — to throw in, to toss in (perfective; past masc.: wrzucił)
    • dowód — evidence, proof (pl. dowody)
    • woda — water (genitive: wody)

    Grammar note

    'Po lak' — 'po' + accusative expressing purpose ('to get lacquer'). 'Wrzucił dowody do wody' — 'dowody' is accusative plural (direct object); 'do wody' is genitive after 'do' (into the water).

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