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  What it means

  “On Saint Agatha’s day you can dry a rag in the sun.” Around February 5th (Saint Agatha’s feast), the sun is strong enough to dry laundry outdoors — a sign that winter is loosening its grip.

  Vocabulary

  • święta Agata — Saint Agatha (feast day February 5)
  • wysuszyć — to dry
  • słońce — sun
  • szmata — rag, cloth

  Grammar note

  'Wysuszysz' is the second-person singular future perfective. 'Na słońcu' uses the locative after 'na' for location.

  Cultural context

  Saint Agatha's day (February 5) is a traditional weather marker in Polish folk calendars.

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