Breakdown of Nowy ekran jest o wiele szerszy.
być
to be
nowy
new
ekran
screen
wiele
many, much (+ Genitive)
o
by (margin of difference)
szerszy
wider
Questions & Answers about Nowy ekran jest o wiele szerszy.
Why do we use o wiele instead of just bardzo to say "much wider"?
In Polish, you cannot use bardzo (very) directly with comparative adjectives like szerszy. Instead, you express the margin of difference using the preposition o. O wiele literally means "by a lot" or "by much".
What grammatical case is wiele in after the preposition o?
It is in the accusative case. When expressing a margin of difference in comparisons (how much bigger, wider, etc. something is), the preposition o always takes the accusative. The accusative form of the numeral wiele is simply wiele.
The word szerszy looks quite different from the basic word for "wide". What is the base form?
The base adjective is szeroki (wide). Adjectives ending in -oki often drop that suffix in the comparative form, and the final root consonant changes. Here, the r softens to rz, resulting in the comparative szerszy.
Are there other common ways to say "much wider" besides using o wiele?
Yes, you can also use the adverb znacznie, which means "significantly" or "considerably." Saying znacznie szerszy is just as natural and means essentially the same thing as o wiele szerszy.
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