• Listen

  What it means

  “A little fish likes to swim.” A playful justification for washing down a fish meal — or any food — with alcohol. Used humorously to encourage a drink.

  Vocabulary

  • rybka — little fish (diminutive of ryba)
  • lubić — to like
  • pływać — to swim

  Grammar note

  'Rybka' is the diminutive of 'ryba', formed with the suffix '-ka'. 'Lubi' is the third-person singular present of 'lubić'.

  Cultural context

  A classic table proverb used with a wink to justify having a drink with a fish dish.

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