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    Translation

    Dad weaves and Mum weaves, and the washerwoman hiccups and weaves while hiccupping.

    Vocabulary

    • tatka — dad (affectionate)
    • tkać — to weave (3rd sg. present: tka)
    • praczka — washerwoman, laundress
    • czkać — to hiccup (3rd sg. present: czka)
    • czkając — while hiccupping (gerund of 'czkać')

    Grammar note

    'Czkając tka' — the gerund 'czkając' expresses a simultaneous action ('weaves while hiccupping'). The sentence plays on the near-homophony of 'tka' and 'czka'.

    Intermediate