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  What it means

  “Whatever the weather on Urban’s Day, they say the summer will be the same.” A variant of the previous proverb, adding ’they say’ to soften the forecast as folk wisdom rather than certainty.

  Vocabulary

  • mówią — they say (third person plural)
  • że — that (conjunction)
  • chwile — moments, weather spells
  • jakie — whatever kind
  • lato — summer
  • takie — such, like that

  Grammar note

  'Mówią, że' introduces an indirect statement. The correlative 'jakie … takie' structure is preserved.

  Cultural context

  St. Urban's Day (May 25) was a key weather-forecasting date in Polish folk tradition, especially for wine and grain growers.

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