• Listen

  What it means

  “To make itself felt / to take its toll.” When something causes real trouble, pain, or difficulty — when a problem, illness, or hardship really starts to bite.

  Vocabulary

  • dać się — to let oneself; to make oneself felt
  • znaki — signs (plural)
  • we znaki — in signs — as a fixed phrase: felt, noticed

  Grammar note

  'We znaki' is locative plural of 'znak' after 'we' (variant of 'w' before certain consonant clusters).

  Cultural context

  Used for anything that causes persistent trouble — bad weather, an injury, a difficult person, a crisis.

  Intermediate

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