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  • Listen

    Translation

    The wind whistles among the aspen leaves, and a bumblebee buzzes in the air.

    Vocabulary

    • poświstywać — to whistle softly (3rd sg. present: poświstuje)
    • wśród — among (+ genitive)
    • liść — leaf (genitive pl. liści)
    • osika — aspen tree (genitive: osiki)
    • trzmiel — bumblebee
    • brzęczeć — to buzz (3rd sg. present: brzęczy)

    Grammar note

    'Wśród liści osiki' — 'wśród' governs the genitive; 'liści' is genitive plural, 'osiki' is genitive of 'osika' (of the aspen). 'W powietrzu' — locative of 'powietrze' after 'w' (in the air).

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