• Listen

  What it means

  “Grain by grain, a measure will be gathered.” Small, consistent efforts accumulate into something significant. Encourages patience and persistence.

  English equivalent

  Every little helps.

  Vocabulary

  • ziarko — little grain (diminutive of ziarno)
  • zbierać się — to accumulate, to gather
  • miarka — measure, a unit of dry goods

  Grammar note

  'Ziarko do ziarka' uses the genitive after 'do'. 'Zbierze się' is the reflexive future of 'zebrać'.

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