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  What it means

  “A wet June and a cool May are a true paradise for all farmers.” Good weather conditions for crops — rain in June and mild temperatures in May — make farmers happy and promise a good harvest.

  Vocabulary

  • mokry — wet
  • czerwiec — June
  • chłodny — cool, chilly
  • gbur — farmer, peasant (archaic/regional)
  • prawy — true, real, righteous
  • raj — paradise

  Grammar note

  The sentence is a nominal predicate with no verb: 'mokry czerwiec, chłodny maj' (subject) + 'prawy raj' (predicate noun). 'Gburom' is the dative plural of 'gbur'.

  Cultural context

  'Gbur' is an old term for a farmer or peasant, now somewhat archaic. Weather proverbs like this reflect the agricultural calendar central to Polish folk culture.

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