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  What it means

  “The apple will fall not far from the apple tree, only near it.” An emphatic variant stressing that the apple lands right beside the tree — children stay close to their parents’ nature.

  English equivalent

  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

  Vocabulary

  • jabłko — apple
  • jabłoń — apple tree
  • paść — to fall
  • koło — near, beside
  • niéj — her/it (archaic genitive/locative form)

  Grammar note

  'Padnie' is the future perfective of 'paść'. 'Koło niéj' means 'near it/her', with 'niéj' being an older genitive form of 'ona/ono'.

  Cultural context

  The accent mark on 'niéj' reflects an older orthographic convention occasionally preserved in proverb collections.

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