Breakdown of Innymi słowy: musimy zacząć jeszcze raz.
musieć
to have to
jeszcze
still, yet
raz
time, once
zacząć
to start
innymi słowy
in other words
Questions & Answers about Innymi słowy: musimy zacząć jeszcze raz.
Why does this sentence use "słowy" instead of the regular instrumental plural "słowami"?
Słowy is an old, archaic form of the instrumental plural for słowo (word). In modern Polish, you will almost always use the regular form słowami, but the phrase innymi słowy is a fixed idiom that kept the historical ending.
Why is "innymi słowy" in the instrumental case?
Polish frequently uses the instrumental case to show the means, method, or manner by which something is done. Here, you are expressing a thought "by means of" other words.
Why use the perfective verb "zacząć" here instead of the imperfective "zaczynać"?
We use the perfective zacząć because the focus is on a single, completed action of starting over right now. If you used the imperfective zaczynać, it would sound like a repeated, habitual routine, meaning "we frequently have to start over."
Could I say "znowu" instead of "jeszcze raz" for "again"?
Yes, you could say musimy zacząć znowu. However, jeszcze raz (literally "one more time") is very commonly used with restarting things. It specifically emphasizes repeating the attempt, whereas znowu just means "again" in a general sense.
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