Święta Łucja głosi, jaką pogodę styczeń przynosi
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What it means
“Saint Lucy announces what weather January will bring.” The weather on 13 December is said to foretell January’s conditions.
Vocabulary
- głosić — to announce, to proclaim
- pogoda — weather
- styczeń — January
- przynosić — to bring
Grammar note
'Głosi' and 'przynosi' are third-person singular present forms. 'Jaką pogodę' uses the accusative.
Cultural context
Saint Lucy's Day (13 December) was an important weather-prediction date in the Polish folk calendar, associated with the onset of deep winter.
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