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  What it means

  “If it is fine on the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, it will stay that way for four weeks.” Clear weather on 8 September (the feast of the Nativity of Mary) predicts four weeks of continued good weather.

  Vocabulary

  • Narodzenie — Nativity, Birth
  • Panna Maria — Virgin Mary
  • pogodnie — fine, clear (of weather)
  • tydzień — week

  Grammar note

  'Cztery tygodnie' uses the accusative plural of 'tydzień' after the numeral 'cztery'. 'Pogodnie' is an adverb used predicatively.

  Cultural context

  The Nativity of the Virgin Mary (8 September) is a major Marian feast in the Polish Catholic calendar and a traditional weather-prediction day.

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