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  What it means

  The swallow and the little bee fly — that is a sign of spring for the world. When swallows and bees appear, spring has truly arrived.

  English equivalent

  One swallow does not make a summer.

  Vocabulary

  • jaskółka — swallow (bird)
  • pszczółka — little bee (diminutive of 'pszczoła')
  • latać — to fly
  • znak — sign
  • wiosna — spring

  Grammar note

  'Lata' is third person singular present of 'latać' — used here with a plural subject (jaskółka i pszczółka) in a folk/archaic construction. 'Znakiem' is the instrumental of 'znak'.

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