Święta Agata chatę wymiata
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What it means
“Saint Agatha sweeps the cottage.” Her feast day, 5 February, marks a time to clean the house well, a kind of winter spring-cleaning.
Vocabulary
- święta — saint (feminine)
- Agata — Agatha
- chata — cottage, hut
- wymiatać — to sweep out
Grammar note
'Wymiata' is the third-person singular present of 'wymiatać'. 'Chatę' is the accusative of 'chata'.
Cultural context
Saint Agatha's Day (5 February) was traditionally a day for household purification rituals in Polish folk culture.
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