Adam i Ewa pokazują, jaki styczeń i luty po nich następują.
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What it means
“Adam and Eve show what January and February will be like after them.” In the Polish name-day calendar, Adam and Eve fall on December 24. This weather proverb says that the weather on that day foretells the coming January and February.
Vocabulary
- pokazywać — to show
- jaki — what kind of
- styczeń — January
- luty — February
- następować — to follow, to come after
Grammar note
'Jaki... następują' is an indirect question that works as the object of 'pokazują'.
Cultural context
Polish folk sayings often use name days to mark the seasons. Adam and Eve's day, December 24, begins a group of weather proverbs that look ahead to the year.
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