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  What it means

  “On Saint Catherine’s day nothing will fall from the sky; next February will probably be even nicer.” A dry, clear Saint Catherine’s Day, 25 November, predicts a mild winter and a pleasant February.

  Vocabulary

  • Katarzyna — Catherine (saint's name, 25 November)
  • niebo — sky, heaven
  • spadać — to fall
  • chyba — probably, perhaps
  • ładny — nice, fine (of weather)

  Grammar note

  'Z nieba' is the genitive of 'niebo' after 'z'. 'W przyszłym lutym' uses the locative of 'luty' (February) with the preposition 'w'.

  Cultural context

  Saint Catherine's feast (25 November) is a traditional weather-prediction day in the Polish folk calendar, close to the start of Advent.

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