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  What it means

  Archaic emphatic variant: when you enter among crows, do caw like them. Adapt to your environment.

  English equivalent

  When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

  Vocabulary

  • wejść — to enter, to go among
  • wrona — crow
  • krakajże — do caw! (emphatic imperative of krakać)
  • ony — they (archaic/dialectal)

  Grammar note

  '-że' is an emphatic particle added to the imperative 'krakaj', intensifying the command. 'Wejdziesz' (perfective future) vs 'przyjdziesz' in other variants.

  Cultural context

  Uses 'wejdziesz' (enter) rather than 'przyjdziesz' (come/arrive), a subtle variant in the same family of proverbs.

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