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  What it means

  “Better at night in the countryside than by day in Warsaw.” Even a dark country night is calmer than a busy city day. It is a dry comment on the noise and stress of city life.

  Vocabulary

  • w nocy — at night (locative of 'noc')
  • wieś — village, countryside
  • w dzień — by day, during the day
  • Warszawa — Warsaw

  Grammar note

  'Na wsi' is the locative of 'wieś', used with the preposition 'na' for villages and countryside.

  Cultural context

  Warsaw, Poland's capital and largest city, stands for fast, crowded city life. The countryside stands for calm and a simpler pace.

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