Chinese (Mandarin)

Spanish

English

Hindi

Arabic (Modern Standard)

Portuguese

Bengali

Russian

Japanese

Punjabi

German

Javanese

Malay

Telugu

Vietnamese

Korean

French

Marathi

Tamil

Urdu

Turkish

Italian

Chinese, Yue / Cantonese

Thai

Gujarati

Chinese, Jin

Chinese, Min Nan

Dari

Farsi

Polish

Pashto

Kannada

Chinese, Xiang

Malayalam

Sundanese

Hausa

Odia

Burmese

Chinese, Hakka

Ukrainian

Bihari, Bhojpuri

Tagalog

Yoruba

Bihari, Maithili

Uzbek

Sindhi

Amharic

Fula

Romanian

Oromo

Igbo

Azerbaijani

Chinese, Gan

Dutch

Kurdish, Central

Kurdish, Northern

Kurdish, Southern

Malagasy

Lahnda, Saraiki

Nepali

Sinhalese

Chittagonian

Zhuang

Khmer

Turkmen

Assamese

Madurese

Somali

Marwari

Bihari, Magahi

Haryanvi

Hungarian

Chhattisgarhi

Greek

Chewa

Dakhini

Akan, Twi

Akan, Fante

Kazakh

Chinese, Min Bei

Sylheti

Zulu

Czech

Kinyarwanda

Marwari, Dhundhari

Haitian Creole

Chinese, Min Dong

Ilocano

Quechua

Kirundi

Swedish

Hmong

Shona

Uyghur

Hiligaynon

Mossi

Xhosa

Belarusian

Balochi

Let's learn how to add strong emphasis to your reasons in Polish—while navigating the dietary restrictions of having brand new braces.

### Setting the Scene: Braces

When you visit the orthodontist, you'll often leave with new hardware and some strict rules about what you can eat.

{{item:1022323}}

{{item:1022325}}

### Amplifying Reasons: Tym bardziej, że

To explain *why* you are taking extra precautions or making a specific choice, you can use the correlative conjunction **tym bardziej, że** (especially since / all the more so because). It connects a main clause to a strong, amplifying reason.

*Note on punctuation:* Depending on the flow of the sentence, you will see the comma placed right before the entire phrase (**..., tym bardziej że**) or directly before the word że (**tym bardziej, że**). Both are standard ways to separate the clauses in everyday writing.

{{item:1022327}}

{{item:1022329}}

### Sticky Situations

Let's apply this to the ultimate enemies of braces: gummy candies (**żelki**) and gum (**guma**). These foods are notoriously sticky (**kleisty**), making them dangerous to bite (**gryźć**) or chew (**żuć**).

{{item:1022333}}

Notice how the conjunction perfectly highlights the extra justification for avoiding these sticky treats or giving them up completely:

{{item:1022335}}

{{item:1022338}}

Especially since (tym bardziej, że)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

This is (to jest)

The verb to be, singular (być)

Formal address (Pan, Pani)

Demonstrative pronouns (ten, ta, to)

Adjective agreement

Negation (nie)

Basic questions (czy, kto, co, gdzie, jak)

The verb to be, plural (być)

Present tense -m/-sz verbs

Reflexive verbs (się)

Coordinating conjunctions (i, a, ale)

Feminine direct objects (Accusative)

Inanimate direct objects (Accusative)

Animate masculine direct objects (Accusative)

Present tense verbs 2 (-ę, -isz / -ysz)

Expressing location (w, na)

Locative adjective agreement

Professions and nationalities (Instrumental)

Accompaniment (z + Instrumental)

Present tense verbs 3 (-ę, -esz)

Plural possessives (nasz, wasz)

Numbers 1 to 10

Genitive of possession

Genitive of negation

Lack or absence (nie ma)

Basic quantifiers (dużo, mało, trochę)

Liking things (podoba mi się)

Modal verbs (móc, musieć)

Subordinating conjunctions (bo, że)

Unidirectional motion verbs (iść, jechać)

Expressing age (mieć... lat)

Habitual motion (chodzić, jeździć)

Expressing destination (do)

Days of the week (poniedziałek, wtorek...)

Plural nouns for objects and animals

Plural nouns for people

Plural adjective agreement

Accusative object pronouns (go, ją, je...)

The past tense of to be (był)

Singular past tense (-łem, -łam...)

Expressing age (mieć + lata / lat)

Plural past tense (-li / -ły)

Perfective past tense

Future tense (będę + infinitive)

Age: one year (mieć rok)

Prices and currency (złoty, grosz)

Destination (na + accusative)

Non-masculine plurals (-e, -y, -i)

Instrumental pronouns (ze mną, z tobą)

To know (znać vs wiedzieć)

The future perfective tense

The imperative mood

Months of the year (styczeń, luty)

Greetings and farewells (dzień dobry, cześć)

Introducing yourself (mam na imię)

Thank you and sorry (dziękuję, przepraszam)

Left, right, up and down (po lewej stronie)

Parts of the body (ręka, noga)

Parts of the day (dzień, noc, południe)

What is it like? (jaki, jaka, jakie)

Speaking Polish (mówić po polsku)

Instrumental for adjectives (dobrym, dobrą)

Please do... (proszę + infinitive)

Interests (interesować się + Instrumental)

Can one? (można, trzeba, nie wolno)

By bus or by train (jechać autobusem)

Where are you from? (jestem z Polski)

Where exactly? (obok, przy, przed, za, pod, nad)

What time is it? (Która godzina?)

Not seeing her (go, jej, ich; niego, niej, nich)

When I have time (kiedy as a conjunction)

Irregular past stems (miał, mieli)

The verb 'iść' in the past (szedł, szli)

Imperfective future (będę odpoczywał)

Past aspect (robił vs zrobił)

Future aspect (będzie malował vs pomaluje)

Perfective motion with po- (pójść, pojechać)

Arrival verbs with przy- (przyjść, przyjechać)

Departure verbs with wy- (wyjść, wyjechać)

The Vocative case (Panie, Mamo)

Plural possessives (moi, moje)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (swój)

Genitive plural of masculine nouns (-ów, -y, -i)

Genitive plural of feminine and neuter nouns

Genitive plural of adjectives (-ych, -ich)

Accusative plural of masculine personal nouns

Question	Answer
braces	aparat
orthodontist	ortodonta
Yesterday I got braces from the orthodontist.	Wczoraj dostałem aparat od ortodonty.
to bite	gryźć
The orthodontist asked me not to bite hard things.	Ortodonta prosił mnie, abym nie gryzł twardych rzeczy.
especially since	tym bardziej, że
I have to be careful, especially since I have new braces.	Muszę uważać, tym bardziej że mam nowy aparat.
to take a bite	ugryźć
I cannot take a bite of this apple, especially since my teeth hurt.	Nie mogę ugryźć tego jabłka, tym bardziej że bolą mnie zęby.
gummy candy	żelka
gum	guma
sticky	kleisty
Gummy candies and gum are very sticky.	Żelki i guma są bardzo kleiste.
to chew	żuć
I avoid gummy candies, especially since you are not allowed to chew them.	Unikam żelek, tym bardziej że nie wolno ich żuć.
fudge	krówka
I won't eat this fudge in order not to damage my braces.	Nie zjem tej krówki, by nie uszkodzić aparatu.
He stopped chewing gum, especially since a part of his braces came off.	Przestał żuć gumę, tym bardziej, że odkleiła mu się część aparatu.
When a patient wearing braces tries to bite into fudge, their teeth hurt a lot.	Kiedy pacjent noszący aparat próbuje ugryźć krówkę, bardzo bolą go zęby.
Towards the end of the day I avoid sticky food.	Pod koniec dnia unikam kleistego jedzenia.
Towards evening it is hard to chew on anything.	Pod wieczór trudno cokolwiek gryźć.