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    Translation

    Fleas were walking near the water, a flea pushed a flea into the water, and that flea burst into tears, because another flea had pushed it.

    Vocabulary

    • pchła — flea (nom. pchła / acc. pchłę / instr. pchłą)
    • iść — to walk, to go (past pl. non-virile: szły)
    • pchać — to push (3rd sg. present: pcha; past: pchała)
    • popłakać się — to burst into tears (perfective reflexive)
    • popchać — to give a push (perfective of 'pchać'; past fem.: popchała)

    Grammar note

    'Pchła pchłę pchła do wody' — subject (nom. pchła) + object (acc. pchłę) + verb (pchła, past fem. of 'pchać') + direction (do wody, genitive after 'do'). 'Bo ją druga pchła popchała' — 'ją' is accusative pronoun (her/it); 'druga pchła' is the subject.

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