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  What it means

  Literally “the old man his thing, the old woman her thing.” Describes a situation where two people stubbornly stick to their own positions and talk past each other, neither willing to budge.

  Vocabulary

  • dziad — old man, grandfather (colloquial)
  • baba — old woman, wife (colloquial)
  • swoje — their own thing (accusative of 'swój')

  Grammar note

  The verb 'mówi' (says) is implied. 'Swoje' is accusative of the reflexive possessive pronoun 'swój', used here without an explicit noun.

  Cultural context

  A variant of the proverb 'baba swoje, dziad swoje' — the order varies regionally.

  Intermediate

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