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    Translation

    A yellow beetle lives chewing yellow ironware.

    Vocabulary

    • żuk — beetle
    • żyć — to live
    • żuć — to chew (gerund: żując)
    • żelastwo — ironware, iron junk (collective neuter noun)

    Grammar note

    'Żując' is a gerund (present active participle of 'żuć') — it agrees with the subject and expresses a simultaneous action ('lives while chewing'). 'Żółte żelastwo' is the accusative neuter.

    Intermediate