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  What it means

  “It’s dawning in Pińczów.” Said when dawn breaks or when something is becoming clear. Pińczów is a small town in the Świętokrzyskie region; the phrase is used humorously to note the obvious arrival of daylight.

  Vocabulary

  • Pińczów — Pińczów (a town in central Poland)
  • dnieć — to dawn, to grow light

  Grammar note

  'Dnieje' is the third-person singular present of the impersonal verb 'dnieć'.

  Cultural context

  A regional saying that became a general humorous remark about the obvious.

  Intermediate

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