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What does “w paski” mean in Polish?

Skarpetki w paski are striped socks — literally “socks in stripes.” Polish doesn’t have a single adjective for “striped”; it describes patterns with w + plural noun: w paski (striped), w kropki (polka-dot), w kratkę (checked), w kwiatki (floral). Learn the little formula once and you can describe almost any piece of clothing in a Polish shop without hunting for a special word.

The backpack tour in the clip is a pattern-and-color parade: skarpetki w paski with pink stripes, an apaszka (neckerchief) covered in motyle (butterflies). The same w construction extends beyond clothes — a notebook can be w linie (lined) or w kratkę (squared, like Polish school notebooks). Ask for zeszyt w kratkę at a stationery shop and you’ll sound like a local student.