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  What it means

  “From Saint Anne’s Day, cold evenings and mornings.” Another form of the Saint Anne weather saying, using ‘ranki’ (an older or dialect form of ‘poranki’) and adding ‘wieczory’ (evenings).

  Vocabulary

  • święta — saint (feminine)
  • Anka — Anne (familiar form of Anna)
  • zimny — cold
  • wieczór — evening
  • ranek — morning (also: poranek)

  Grammar note

  'Ranki' is an older nominative plural of 'ranek', still found in folk speech alongside the more standard 'poranki'. The conjunction 'i' links the two nouns.

  Cultural context

  This form mentions both evenings and mornings and uses the older word 'ranki', which may point to a regional origin. All three Saint Anne forms have the same seasonal meaning.

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