No. 5,198 in Polish
pustkowiu
"Wilderness" or "desolation."
In a sentence
Na pustkowiu znalazłem samotne drzewo.
On the wasteland, I found a solitary tree.
The word 'pustkowiu' is used in the locative case (na pustkowiu) to indicate the location where the subject found the tree.
Rozmyślałem o życiu na pustkowiu.
I was reflecting on life in the wasteland.
Here, 'pustkowiu' is again in the locative case (na pustkowiu), indicating the setting of the reflections.
Widok na pustkowiu był przygnębiający.
The view on the wasteland was depressing.
In this sentence, 'pustkowiu' is used locatively to describe where the view appeared.
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