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  What it means

  Literally “Eat bread with every dish, and do what they tell you.” This proverb advises a life of humility, contentment, and obedience to authority. It suggests that one should accept their simple lot in life and follow orders without causing trouble or complaining about their status.

  Vocabulary

  • warza — cooked food / dish (archaic term)
  • każą — they order / they command
  • rób — do / make (imperative mode)
  • każdą — every / each (feminine instrumental)

  Grammar note

  The sentence uses the imperative 'jedz' (eat) and 'rób' (do/work). The word 'każą' is the third-person plural present tense of 'kazać' (to order), used here as an impersonal "they."

  Cultural context

  This is an older, more traditional proverb reflecting a feudal or highly hierarchical social structure. The word 'warza' is rarely used in modern Polish outside of this specific saying, making it a great example of linguistic preservation.

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