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  What it means

  If February is warm and March is cold, winter will drag on ; that much is certain. A folk weather observation about deceptive early warmth.

  Vocabulary

  • ciepło — warmth, warm
  • bywa — it happens, it tends to be
  • niewątpliwa — undoubted, certain

  Grammar note

  'Niewątpliwa' agrees with 'zima' (feminine noun). The structure 'to jest niewątpliwa' uses a predicate adjective.

  Cultural context

  Polish farmers relied on such proverbs to plan sowing and livestock management, as late frosts could devastate crops.

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