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    Translation

    The rustle of reeds, the flutter of grasses, the murmur of a babbling spring made Anielka dreamy.

    Vocabulary

    • szelest — rustle
    • trzcina — reed (genitive pl. trzcin)
    • trzepot — flutter, flapping
    • szmer — murmur
    • szemrzeć — to babble, to murmur (present active participle gen. masc.: szemrzącego)
    • źródełko — little spring (genitive: źródełka)
    • rozmarzyć — to make dreamy (perfective; past masc.: rozmarzył)
    • Anielka — Polish female name (accusative: Anielkę)

    Grammar note

    'Szelest trzcin, trzepot traw, szmer źródełka' — three genitive constructions in apposition (the rustle of reeds, etc.). 'Anielkę rozmarzył' — 'Anielkę' is accusative (the person made dreamy); 'rozmarzył' is masculine past (the subject is the collective noun phrase).

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