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  What it means

  “Saint Catherine begins Advent.” Saint Catherine’s Day (25 November) was traditionally seen as the opening of the Advent season in the Polish folk calendar.

  Vocabulary

  • święta — saint (feminine)
  • adwent — Advent
  • rozpoczynać — to begin, to start

  Grammar note

  'Rozpoczyna' is third-person singular present of 'rozpoczynać'.

  Cultural context

  Saint Catherine's Day (25 November) falls just before the official start of Advent and was used as a folk marker for the beginning of the pre-Christmas period.

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