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  What it means

  Literally “wonder takes (one).” An old-fashioned but still used expression meaning “it’s astonishing” or “it’s hard to believe.” Expresses genuine amazement or disbelief.

  Vocabulary

  • dziw — wonder, amazement (archaic/literary)
  • bierze — takes (third person singular of 'brać')

  Grammar note

  An impersonal construction — 'dziw bierze' has no explicit subject. The person amazed is implied or added in the accusative: 'dziw mnie bierze' (wonder takes me).

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