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  What it means

  Literally “The woman her thing, the man his thing.” Describes a situation where two people each stubbornly stick to their own opinion or agenda, talking past each other without reaching agreement.

  Vocabulary

  • baba — woman / wife (colloquial)
  • chłop — man / husband (colloquial)
  • swoje — their own thing (neuter accusative of 'swój')

  Grammar note

  'Swoje' is the accusative neuter form of the reflexive possessive pronoun 'swój', referring back to the subject.

  Cultural context

  The words 'baba' and 'chłop' are informal, even slightly rustic — the idiom has a folk flavour.

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