Questions & Answers about Coraz bardziej lubię to miasto.
What does coraz bardziej literally mean, and how is it different from just bardziej?
Bardziej on its own means “more” (used mostly with adjectives/adverbs/verbs of liking):
- Lubię to miasto bardziej niż tamto. – I like this city more than that one.
Coraz bardziej means “more and more / increasingly” and suggests a gradual change over time:
- Coraz bardziej lubię to miasto. – I like this city more and more / I’m liking this city more and more.
So:
- bardziej = a simple comparison (more than X)
- coraz bardziej = a growing intensity over time (more and more, increasingly)
Why is it lubię and not something like “jestem lubiący” to mean “I am liking”?
Polish normally doesn’t use a special continuous form like English “I am liking”. The simple present usually covers both “I like” and “I am liking” for verbs of feeling, thinking, and wanting.
- Lubię to miasto. – I like this city. / I’m fond of this city.
- With coraz bardziej:
- Coraz bardziej lubię to miasto. – I’m liking this city more and more.
Forms like jestem lubiący are either wrong or sound extremely unnatural in everyday Polish. For ongoing processes you usually just use the present tense, and adverbs like coraz bardziej give you the “increasingly / more and more” nuance.