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  What it means

  “Playing spades gives results.” This companion rhyme jokes that playing spades is productive or brings results. It is often used ironically.

  Vocabulary

  • piki — spades (card suit)
  • dawać — to give
  • wyniki — results, outcomes

  Grammar note

  'Gra w piki' uses the same pattern as 'gra w kiery'. 'Daje wyniki' means 'gives results'; 'daje' is third-person singular of 'dawać'.

  Cultural context

  Part of a set of rhyming card-game proverbs in Polish folk humour.

  Intermediate

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