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  What it means

  Archaic variant: when among crows, caw as they do. Adapt to your surroundings.

  English equivalent

  When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  Vocabulary

  • wrona — crow
  • kracz — caw! (imperative of kraczeć)
  • jako — just as, like (archaic/formal)
  • ony — they (archaic/dialectal)

  Grammar note

  'Kracz' is the imperative of 'kraczeć'. 'Jako i ony' is an archaic construction meaning 'just as they do'.

  Cultural context

  Archaic form of the proverb using both 'jako' and 'ony'.

  Intermediate

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