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  What it means

  “Whatever the weather on Urban’s Day, such will be the summer.” Tied to May 25th (St. Urban), this proverb uses the day’s weather as a forecast for the entire summer season.

  Vocabulary

  • chwile — moments, weather spells (here: the weather)
  • jakie — whatever kind, such as
  • lato — summer
  • takie — such, like that

  Grammar note

  'Jakie … takie' is a correlative construction meaning 'whatever … such'. Both adjectives agree with their nouns.

  Cultural context

  St. Urban's Day (May 25) was an important weather-forecasting date for vintners and farmers in Polish tradition.

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