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  What it means

  “On Saint Joseph’s Day, sometimes a cartload of snow.” Tied to March 19th (St. Joseph), this proverb acknowledges that late-winter snowfall is still possible even as spring approaches.

  Vocabulary

  • czasem — sometimes
  • śniegu — of snow (genitive)
  • wózek — small cart, cartload

  Grammar note

  'Śniegu' is the genitive of 'śnieg', used here in a partitive sense (a cartload of snow).

  Cultural context

  St. Joseph's Day (March 19) falls just before the official start of spring, when late snowstorms were still common in Poland.

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