• Listen

  What it means

  Wait, daddy, for a little while — until the wolves eat the mare. Modern-spelling variant; same ironic meaning as the archaic form.

  English equivalent

  Don't hold your breath.

  Vocabulary

  • kobyłka — mare (small or old horse)
  • wilki — wolves
  • zjeść — to eat up, to devour

  Grammar note

  'Wilki' is the standard modern nominative plural of 'wilk'.

  Cultural context

  Modern-spelling variant of the archaic 'wilcy' form.

  Intermediate

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