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  What it means

  A Pole and a Hungarian are two brothers — both for the sabre and for the glass. Celebrates the historic friendship between Poland and Hungary, noting shared traits: bravery in battle and a love of good drink.

  Vocabulary

  • Węgier — Hungarian
  • bratanki — cousins (here: brothers, close friends)
  • szabla — sabre, sword
  • szklanka — glass (drinking glass)

  Grammar note

  'I do szabli, i do szklanki' uses 'i...i' meaning 'both...and'. 'Do szabli/szklanki' are genitive after 'do'.

  Cultural context

  One of the most famous Polish proverbs, reflecting centuries of Polish-Hungarian alliance. It exists in Hungarian too: 'Lengyel, magyar – két jó barát'.

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