Episode 43: Saw Wooden

Piła Drewniana

English Phonemes: “PEE-wah drehv-NYAH-nah”

Literal Translation: Saw Wooden

Elegant Translation: A wood saw.

English Equivalent: A nag.

This is a term for someone who is repeatedly saying or doing something to the point of being annoying. It uses the idea of a device slowly grinding away at a piece of wood because that annoying persistent unyielding buzzing is a perfect description for what a nag does!

Piła = a saw [subject form]
Drewniana = wooden, or for wood [adjective, feminine subject form to pair with 'piła']

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