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  What it means

  Family ties will not put food on the table. You cannot live on kinship alone, so do not expect relatives to solve every practical problem.

  Vocabulary

  • familia — family, relatives, kinfolk
  • kasza — groats, porridge, a grain dish
  • okrasić — to season, to add fat or flavouring to food

  Grammar note

  'Familią' is the instrumental form of 'familia'. 'Kaszy' is the genitive of 'kasza' after negation. 'Okrasić' means to add fat or flavouring to a dish.

  Cultural context

  The saying comes from rural life, when kasza was an everyday staple. It warns against counting on extended family for material help.

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