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  What it means

  “From Saint Anne’s Day, cold mornings.” A shorter variant of the same seasonal proverb: after 26 July, mornings turn cold. Summer is past its peak.

  Vocabulary

  • święta — saint (feminine)
  • Anka — Anne (familiar form of Anna)
  • zimny — cold
  • poranek — morning

  Grammar note

  'Od świętej Anki' — genitive after 'od'. 'Zimne poranki' is a nominative plural noun phrase with the verb omitted.

  Cultural context

  A condensed variant of the Saint Anne weather proverb. Both the 'chłodne' (cool) and 'zimne' (cold) versions circulate in different regions of Poland.

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