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Warszawa w żwawej wrzawie, w Wawrze wrze o Warszawie.

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    Translation

    Warsaw is in a lively uproar, in Wawer it seethes about Warsaw.

    Vocabulary

    • żwawy — lively, brisk (locative fem.: żwawej)
    • wrzawa — uproar, commotion (locative: wrzawie)
    • Wawer — a district of Warsaw (locative: Wawrze)
    • wrzeć — to seethe, to boil (3rd sg. present: wrze)

    Grammar note

    'W żwawej wrzawie' — locative after 'w'; 'żwawej' is locative feminine agreeing with 'wrzawie'. 'W Wawrze' — locative of 'Wawer'. 'Wrze o Warszawie' — 'o' + locative expresses the topic ('seethes about Warsaw').

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