Progressing step by step
When working on personal growth and developing new skills, you often want to describe how things are changing over time. In Polish, the word coraz is used to express progressive change, much like the English phrase "more and more".
To use it, simply place coraz directly before a comparative adjective (like lepszy - better) or a comparative adverb (like płynniej - more fluently). Note that you only use coraz once, unlike the English double structure "better and better".
| I practice every day, so I speak Polish more and more fluently. | Ćwiczę codziennie, więc mówię po polsku coraz płynniej. |
| He practices every day and is better and better. | On ćwiczy codziennie i jest coraz lepszy. |
Using "coraz bardziej"
Many Polish adjectives—especially longer ones like doświadczony (experienced), cierpliwy (patient), or zaawansowany (advanced)—do not change their endings to form a comparative. Instead, they use the helper word bardziej (more).
To express ongoing development with these words, you use the phrase coraz bardziej (more and more) followed by the adjective in its standard form.
| Our teacher is more and more experienced. | Nasz nauczyciel jest coraz bardziej doświadczony. |
| You are more and more patient. | Jesteś coraz bardziej cierpliwy. |
| This technique is more and more advanced. | Ta technika jest coraz bardziej zaawansowana. |
Less and less: coraz mniej
Progressive change doesn't always go upward. To express "less and less", you can pair coraz with mniej (less).
Coraz mniej can be used with adjectives, but it is also highly useful for talking about diminishing quantities. When you use it with a noun—such as motywacja (motivation)—the noun that follows must take the Genitive case, because you are talking about an amount of something.
| He has less and less motivation. | On ma coraz mniej motywacji. |