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  What it means

  “On Saint Barbara’s day, pull your czamara out of the corner.” A variant of the same seasonal advice: when December 4th arrives, it’s time to bring out the heavy winter coat.

  Vocabulary

  • wyciągnij — pull out, take out (imperative)
  • kąt — corner
  • czamara — czamara (long traditional Polish coat)

  Grammar note

  'Wyciągnij' is the imperative of 'wyciągnąć'. 'Z kąta' uses the genitive after 'z'.

  Cultural context

  Variant of the Saint Barbara proverb about retrieving winter clothing. The czamara was stored away during warmer months.

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