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  What it means

  Literally “to the left side / inside out.” Means inside out, the wrong way — “inside out,” “the wrong way round.” E.g. “koszula na lewą stronę” — shirt inside out.

  Vocabulary

  • lewy — left; wrong, inside-out
  • strona — side, page

  Grammar note

  'Na lewą stronę' uses the accusative of 'lewa strona' after 'na' — direction/manner.

  Cultural context

  'Lewy' in Polish carries connotations of wrongness, illegality, and being inside-out — 'na lewo' means illegally, 'lewa strona' means the wrong/inside side.

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