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  What it means

  “With money you can get everything, except a father and a mother.” Money is powerful, but it cannot replace the irreplaceable bonds of family. A reminder of what truly cannot be bought.

  English equivalent

  Money can't buy love.

  Vocabulary

  • pieniądze — money
  • dostać — to get, to obtain
  • prócz — except, apart from
  • ojciec — father
  • matka — mother

  Grammar note

  'Za pieniądze' uses the accusative after 'za' in an instrumental/exchange sense. 'Prócz' governs the genitive: 'ojca i matki'.

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