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  What it means

  Literally “to have place.” Means to take place, to occur — a formal way of saying that an event happened or is happening.

  Vocabulary

  • mieć — to have
  • miejsce — place / space

  Grammar note

  'Miejsce' is the accusative — direct object of 'mieć'. A calque of the French 'avoir lieu' and similar to English 'to take place'.

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