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    Translation

    In the town of Wisła they think precisely. When they make something up, they send it in writing.

    Vocabulary

    • Wisła — Wisła — a town in southern Poland; also the Vistula river (locative: Wiśle)
    • myśleć — to think (3rd pl. present: myślą)
    • ściśle — precisely, strictly
    • zmyślić — to make up, to fabricate (perfective; 3rd pl. present: zmyślą)
    • słać — to send (3rd pl. present: ślą)
    • pismo — writing, letter (locative: piśmie)

    Grammar note

    'Na piśmie' — locative of 'pismo' after 'na' (in writing — a fixed phrase). 'Jak coś zmyślą' — 'jak' introduces a temporal clause (when/if). 'Ślą' is 3rd person plural present of 'słać'.

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