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  What it means

  You cannot buy a father and mother for even a penny. No amount of money can replace or substitute real parents — their love and care are priceless and irreplaceable.

  English equivalent

  You can't buy a mother's love.

  Vocabulary

  • ojciec — father
  • matka — mother
  • grosz — grosz (smallest Polish coin), penny
  • dostać — to get, to obtain

  Grammar note

  'Ojca i matki' are in the genitive case as the objects of the negated verb 'nie dostanie'. 'Za grosz' means 'for a penny'.

  Cultural context

  The grosz is the smallest unit of Polish currency, used here to mean 'for any price at all'.

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