Deszcze częste w kwietniu wróżą, że owoców będzie dużo
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What it means
Frequent rains in April foretell an abundant fruit harvest. A folk agricultural proverb about spring rainfall and its effect on crops.
Vocabulary
- deszcz — rain
- częsty — frequent
- wróżyć — to foretell, to augur
- owoc — fruit
Grammar note
'Wróżą' — third-person plural present of 'wróżyć'. 'Że … będzie dużo' — subordinate clause with genitive 'owoców' after 'dużo'.
Cultural context
April showers bring May flowers — the Polish folk tradition made similar connections between spring rain and summer abundance.
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