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  What it means

  “On Saint Gregory’s day, rivers flow to the sea.” Tied to March 12th (St. Gregory), this proverb marks the spring thaw when frozen rivers begin to melt and flow freely again.

  Vocabulary

  • rzeki — rivers
  • morze — sea
  • idą — go, flow (here: flow freely)

  Grammar note

  'Do morza' uses the genitive case after the preposition 'do' (to/towards).

  Cultural context

  St. Gregory's Day (March 12) was a traditional marker of the end of winter and the beginning of the spring thaw in Polish folk tradition.

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