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  What it means

  Literally “when you enter among crows, you must caw like them.” Means when you join a group, you must adapt to their ways — “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

  Vocabulary

  • wrona — crow
  • krakać — to caw (sound a crow makes)

  Grammar note

  'Między wrony' uses the accusative plural after 'między' — direction (into the midst of). 'Jak i one' — 'just as they do'.

  Cultural context

  The crow version of 'when in Rome' — very Polish in its use of local birds rather than Roman imagery.

  Intermediate

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