Jaki dzień Bartłomieja, takiej jesieni nadzieja
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What it means
As Saint Bartholomew’s Day is, such is the hope for autumn. The weather on 24 August predicts what the coming autumn will be like.
Vocabulary
- dzień — day
- Bartłomiej — Saint Bartholomew (feast day 24 August)
- jesień — autumn
- nadzieja — hope
Grammar note
'Takiej jesieni nadzieja' — 'jesieni' is genitive singular of 'jesień'. The correlative 'jaki… takiej…' links the feast day to the season.
Cultural context
Saint Bartholomew's Day (24 August) is a key date in the Polish folk weather calendar, marking the transition from summer to autumn.
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