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  What it means

  A variant of the same proverb using ‘kiedy’ (when) instead of ‘jak’. The meaning is identical: those who have risen forget their own humble origins.

  English equivalent

  Every old man was once a young man.

  Vocabulary

  • wół — ox
  • zapomniał — forgot (he/she/it)
  • cielę — calf
  • kiedy — when

  Grammar note

  'Cielęciem' is the instrumental of 'cielę', required after 'być'. 'Kiedy' introduces a temporal clause.

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