Gdy pomorze nie pomoże, to pomoże może morze, a gdy morze nie pomoże, to pomoże może las.
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Translation
If Pomerania doesn't help, then maybe the sea will help, and if the sea doesn't help, then maybe the forest will help.
Vocabulary
- Pomorze — Pomerania (a region of northern Poland)
- pomóc — to help (perfective future 3rd sg.: pomoże)
- może — maybe, perhaps
- morze — sea
- las — forest
Grammar note
'Gdy … nie pomoże, to pomoże' is a conditional construction — 'if X doesn't help, then Y will help.' The sentence exploits the near-homophony of 'Pomorze', 'pomoże', 'może', and 'morze' — all differing by just one or two sounds.
Intermediate